Re: [GENERAL] [PERFORM] [ADMIN] Postgres VS Oracle - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: [GENERAL] [PERFORM] [ADMIN] Postgres VS Oracle
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In response to Re: [ADMIN] Postgres VS Oracle  ("Jonah H. Harris" <jonah.harris@gmail.com>)
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PFC wrote:
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>> 2. Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM have a "lot" to fear in the sense of a
>> database like PostgreSQL. We can compete in 90-95% of cases where
>> people would traditionally purchase a proprietary system for many,
>> many thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of dollars.
>
>     Oracle also fears benchmarks made by people who don't know how to
> tune Oracle properly...

Yes that is one argument that is made (and a valid one) but it is
assuredly not the only one that can be made, that would be legitimate.

Joshua D. Drake


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