| From: | Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au> |
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| To: | mlw <pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Oracle rant |
| Date: | 2003-01-16 03:48:48 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.21.0301161446480.4783-100000@linuxworld.com.au |
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On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, mlw wrote:
> I just wanted to post this note.
>
> I have been in Oracle hell for four days now, and in between the 5
> minutes of work and the hours of watings, dealing with table spaces,
> extents, and all that, I just keep thinking about how much easier
> PostgreSQL is to work with.
>
> We all may bitch and moan about bugs and stuff, but my project would
> have been easier with PostgreSQL.
>
> Has anyone ever noticed that Oracle has all these nice little arcane
> ways to fail?
Yes.
I was doing some work with a company. I wanted to introduce
Postgres. They're traditionally an oracle shop. "Our Oracle DBAs don't
know Postgres, we're going to have to employ *another* DBA". No they
don't. :-)
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