Oracle vs Postgresql

Hello,

I didn't find a clear answer skimming throught the archives so I'll ask.

I currently have a running copy of Oracle 8 on our network. The
university has a site license for it, so I set one up for our department
approx. 6 months ago with the intention of migrating alot of our work onto
it. It's been setting idle since I installed it. It didn't cost us a
thing since the university picks up the bill.

I'm using postgresql for an after hours GPLd project I'm doing for a
client and it seems to have come quite a ways since the last time I played
with it.

Now I'm ramping up the departmental database apps and was wondering....

Postgresql seems to offer me everything I'd need for the departmental
work, and I find myself wondering if the only reason for my keeping Oracle
around is to make the old resume look better. So....

Why keep Oracle? Why switch to postgresql?

I'd really appreciate peoples thoughts on this.

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Kansas State University Department of Mathematics
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