Hi,
Sai Hertz And Control Systems wrote:
Dear Ivan , Hello all ,
I am a OpenSource S/W developer and my clients are from remote part of
Himachal Pradesh India.
I am providing my clients,
software
Build on PostgreSQL 7.3.x as backed
and yes , they (clients) ought to save a lot while using my software as
it runs on Linux
Not in all cases :). Probably you will pay much more for linux support.
I Smell burned Fingers :-D
Please share your experience as this will help me a bit .
Ok,pg advantages (depends from the application also):
- triggers (you can write it also in "C". It will be fast and is not possible for FoxPro).
- user defined data types
- support (the mailing list is supper. You will have the best possible support and bug fix ).
- support very good the SQL spec.
- fast (if you can write good SQL).
- you can use it for very big db-s.
- cost. I will compare the cost with oracle, not with FoxPro.And Pg is free.
FoxPro advantages (and pg disadvantages):
- you can run it on win 98, win 2K and so on. So you can use it also for small apps. It will change when native port for pg arrives.
- MS marketing.
- integrated visual tools and dev. tools. It is good for small apps. only.
To Add More :
My Clients are Agriculture Banks and cannot afford the M$ tools. and yes
all the Win98 installation on their computers are
pirated.
I think you can do nothink for it and it is not your problem.
Problem may be not mine but I can at least make someone concern to it.
Why I am saying so is , because piracy fighters have pushed many to Open Source :-* Regards,
V Kashyap
Regards,ivan.
