| From: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
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| To: | Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Birmingham City Council chose Oracle, went broke because of it ;) |
| Date: | 2023-09-07 08:22:37 |
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On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 1:49 AM Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
>
> Heh Heh Heh. This is pretty funny:
>
> https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/05/birmingham_city_council_oracle/
>
> "Birmingham City Council, the largest local authority in Europe, has
> declared itself in financial distress after troubled Oracle project
> costs ballooned from £20 million to around £100 million ($125.5
> million)."
>
> Wonder if they'll make the smart choice next time around, and choose PG
> + a decent vendor instead? :)
In fairness, that project is about Oracle Fusion, not the database. So
PG doesn't have a competing product. There are opensource ERP products
out there, but I'm not sure they're advanced enough to handle
something like that...
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Magnus Hagander
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