Re: Sourceforge moving to DB2 - Mailing list pgsql-general

No question, DB2 is very good and doesn't get the respect it deserves.
We were making more of a joke that Sourceforge is trying a new DB every
year.

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Gregory Seidman wrote:
> Vince Vielhaber sez:
> } On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> }
> } > Sourceforge (VA Software), in a deal with IBM, is moving away from
> } > PostgreSQL and Oracle and moving to use DB2 and IBM software for their
> } > site:
> } >
> } >     http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2120770,00.html
> }
> } What's next?  MSSQL?
>
> That's hardly fair. I'm a big fan of PostgreSQL, and I think it's great
> software produced and supported by great people. I promoted it to my
> company and we decided on it for our web application despite the lack of
> support for it provided by our hosting service. (Please don't tell me about
> hosting services that support PostgreSQL; I know, I don't care, we're
> already committed.) Still, when I was working on research in grad school
> and needed to show performance results, I ditched PostgreSQL and used DB2.
>
> The advantage of PostgreSQL over DB2 is cost, and little else (you can
> claim the community support is better, and you're probably right, but DB2
> has commercial support). The advantages of DB2 over PostgreSQL are numerous
> and varied, including performance, SQL compliance, SQL extensions,
> first-class optimized ODBC and JDBC drivers, etc. They are comparable in
> ease of installation and use (I've installed, administered, and used both
> on various platforms), and DB2's administration tools are better.
>
> When the cost becomes equivalent, such as when IBM offers DB2 free for
> academic use or offers it in a deal to VA, DB2's disadvantages with respect
> to PostgreSQL disappear. If I could get IBM to hand me (i.e. my company) a
> commercial license to DB2 at no cost, I'd ditch PostgreSQL in an instant.
>
> Note that this does not apply to all commercial DB software. I'd rather use
> PostgreSQL than anything locked to a single platform (e.g. MSSQL), I've
> heard horror stories about administering Oracle, and I don't know much of
> anything about Informix or Sybase. I simply feel that DB2 is a superior
> product among existing DB systems, commercial or otherwise, and PostgreSQL
> doesn't come close.
>
> } Vince.
> --Greg
>
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