Re: Elocution

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> A much better comparison (from our angle) is that existing DB suppliers
> are like the British and US car manufacturers of the 70's. It's what the
> public have always had so they're happy to pay for it.
>
> We are the Japanese - quietly plugging away in our niche, spending our
> efforts on improving the product rather than draping bikin-clad blondes

Not to beat this analogy to death, but the implication that we are somehow
"improving" on Oracle is a very dangerous one. I've used Oracle quite a bit,
and they have a product that is still way ahead of everyone else's, even if
they did not have marketing and advertising budget that they do. As wonderful
as Postgres is, we are going to have to go after Oracle on price, and go
after everyone else on features. Discounting anyone as a competetitor is a
foolhardy assumption. I think only Oracle and DB2 are better than Postgres
as far as features, power, and reliability, so we need to continue to strive
for their level and stress the open source and free software angles. MySQL
is the only real free (as in beer) competitor, so we need to stress the fact
that Postgres is a much better database. Others (e.g. MSSQL and Sybase)
should be easier to handle - Postgres is cheaper and a better product.
More to say on MySQL, but I will leave that for another thread.

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