Re: Comparison of Oracle and PostgreSQL full text search - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Daniel Verite
Subject Re: Comparison of Oracle and PostgreSQL full text search
Date
Msg-id 0c2f2007-fccd-40b9-a8e2-e422383b7f2c@mm
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In response to Re: Comparison of Oracle and PostgreSQL full text search  (zhong ming wu <mr.z.m.wu@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Comparison of Oracle and PostgreSQL full text search  (Howard Rogers <hjr@diznix.com>)
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    zhong ming wu wrote:

> I always thought there is a clause in their user agreement preventing
> the users from publishing benchmarks like that. I must be mistaken.

No you're correct. Currently, to download the current Oracle 11.2g, one must
agree to:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/licenses/standard-license-152015.html

which contains:
<quote>
[...]
You may not:
[...]
- disclose results of any program benchmark tests without our prior consent.
[...]
</quote>

Not having such frustrating license terms is also what makes PostgreSQL a
nicer alternative!

Best regards,
--
Daniel
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