Re: PostgreSQL vs. SQL Server, Oracle - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: PostgreSQL vs. SQL Server, Oracle
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Msg-id 452FCEE0.9010604@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL vs. SQL Server, Oracle  ("Jim C. Nasby" <jim@nasby.net>)
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> "running PostgreSQL" != "running mission-critical public services on
> PostgreSQL". :)
>
> AFAIK every large customer we've talked to is "running" MySQL... for
> internal apps that aren't mission-critical.

Well any company will to run mysql for mission critical stuff probably
isn't thinking very hard about the implications.

Beyond that, I know of several *technical* based fortune 500 companies
that are doing exactly that... running postgresql on critical
infrastructure. No. I will not name names, don't ask.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake



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