Re: PostgreSQL giving jitters to Skypak - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Rod Taylor
Subject Re: PostgreSQL giving jitters to Skypak
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Msg-id 1093368818.66095.88.camel@jester
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In response to PostgreSQL giving jitters to Skypak  ("V i s h a l Kashyap @ [Sai Hertz And Control Systems]" <sank89@sancharnet.in>)
Responses Re: PostgreSQL giving jitters to Skypak  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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> This story is a blow for PostgreSQL
>
>
http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/index.jsp?log=false&file=template1.jsp§ion_code=1§ion=News&storyid=1383&subsection_code=1&subsection=Business&source=cxtnl&userid=aspire420@hotpop.com

> thoughts ?

Excellent news.

The whole article is centred around a company moving away from
PostgreSQL to a vendor which they have not chosen at this point.

A whole article! It's not an article about a company choosing to DB2 or
MSSQL with a mention that they were using "an Opensource database" or
even a final comment stating that they have used PostgreSQL in the past
-- but a whole article around a company moving away from PostgreSQL.


You'll notice they mention "new database platform", which the author of
the piece implies will include both hardware and software. I bet Oracle
on a Quad Opteron and 8GB ram could beat the pants of PostgreSQL on a
Dual Xeon with 1GB ram ;)

Their qmail based mail solution is on a single Dell 1750 -- which also
deserved a mention for some reason.


Welcome to the big leagues -- we're making headlines on fluff pieces.


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