At 14:59 3/25/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I second the opinion that postgreSQL implements a very flexible and
>extensive set of SQL functionality.
>
>$2000 is chump change if the application is a mission critical one. The
>Costs of losing the data or downtime of the database easily exceed $2000 (in
>probably the first minutes of downtime). I think in your choice of
>databases this is one of the more important factors to consider. There are
>also many competitors to Oracle too out there which you might want to
>consider...
Yes, it is chump change, and Oracle is not the only answer (although they
would like you to believe it). Informix, DB-2, Sybase, Solid are all good
data bases and also run on Linux.
Competition is wonderful!
Regards,
Jim
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