Re: Elocution

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> So, here is my parable.
>
> Should you drive to work in an M1A tank? There are lots of very good

I think that is a faulty analogy. Think of Oracle as a BMW: it's expensive,
but it has a brand name behind it, it is extremely reliable and safe,
and you can take it back to the repair shop when it breaks. And of course,
it looks good to be driving a BMW. ("Powered by Oracle" has a nice
ring to it that adds some authenticity to your site)

Sure, it is expensive and might not be needed, but why should a company
limit its vision by getting a crappy Yugo-SQL that serves its needs now,
but not in two years when the company grows? Oracle may be overkill
for a lot of companies, but it works, it is supported, it is powerful,
and it scales like you wouldn't believe.

PostgreSQL is like a shiny new brand of car that nobody has ever
heard of. Mysterious, cheap, unsupported, rumoured to be powerful.
And it has a funny name to boot. :)

I like the cost-saving angle: while you're dumping your old OS for
Linux, why not dump your old DB for Postgres? Name recognition
and myth-busting needs to happen first and foremost.

Greg Sabino Mullane greg(at)turnstep(dot)com
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