| From: | "Roderick A(dot) Anderson" <raanders(at)acm(dot)org> |
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| To: | PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: warm and fuzzy |
| Date: | 2003-07-17 00:42:20 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.33.0307161737060.23912-100000@main.cyber-office.net |
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On 16 Jul 2003, Robert Treat wrote:
> so this was pretty cool, but then i found this article
> (http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=369) which is a
> technical article about using open source software in the geographic and
> location industries. I quote:
>
> "An older open source database, called PostgreSQL [11], has had
> geographic capabilities for some time, but we were unfamiliar with
> PostgreSQL and were looking more for performance and convenience than
> serious functionality (a PostgreSQL user might tell you this is
> unwarranted stereotyping). "
As long as we're talking about GIS and databases this link will do a lot
to emphasize where PostgreSQL shines in comparison to MySQL and their
MS-kind-of press release of GIS capabilities.
http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-users/2003-June/002651.html
Rod
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"Open Source Software - Sometimes you get more than you paid for..."
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