Re: PostgreSQL in Brazil - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: PostgreSQL in Brazil
Date
Msg-id 200307230431.h6N4VAt27452@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to PostgreSQL in Brazil  (elein <elein@varlena.com>)
Responses Re: PostgreSQL in Brazil  (Claudio Ferreira <filhocf@openoffice.org>)
Re: PostgreSQL in Brazil  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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If they choose something other than PostgreSQL, they will be back.  :-)

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elein wrote:
> Here is a story.  There is a company in Brazil with about 20,000
> clients all over Brazil.  They made a decision to move from BTrieve
> to PostgreSQL.  BTrieve had been supplied by DBExperts.  After a
> sales pitch to by the owner of DBExperts, the board of directors,
> have made a subsequent decision to move to Pervasive.SQL.
>
> This company has very high visibility.  And I think dbExperts
> gets around the area of Brazil a lot, too.
>
> Oh, the funny part... The sales pitch for Pervasive.SQL included:
>    * "You install the software and forget it!"
>    * [ and if you have Btrieve files then ] "...you can access these
>      files with transactional procedures if you like to."
>
> I'm have no idea what to do about the problem, but I know
> that the (postgresql) person doing the data migration is miserable.
>
> As we know, PostgreSQL is big in Brazil.  It is likely DbExperts
> is shooting themselves in the foot.
>
> This is the kind of thing we should know about.  I'm not sure
> we could provide enough fodder to override the salespitch
> in a particular case since that pretty much has to be an inside job.
>
> The only thing I can think of is to tell the story.
> People make bad business decisions all the time.
>
> elein
>
> =============================================================
> elein@varlena.com     Database Consulting     www.varlena.com
>
> "Free your mind the rest will follow"
>                                      -- En Vogue
>
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