Re: Internet is putting lot of competition fire & heat under Microsoft SQL Server - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Seems little point in posting this to postgresql groups . . .preaching to
the converted??? Perhaps you should post on a micro$oft or a general SQL
group?

Oh, and how about a good guide for upsizing from M$ SQL and / or M$ ACCESS
to Postgresql - that'd be far more usefull ...

(Aside: Money is not the real issue here. I had nothing against Microsoft in
the past, in fact with WIN98SE / Office 97, I was quite impressed with the
ease of use, and usefulness of the applications - now some stability issues
needed fixing - and I had looked forward to WinMe / Office 2K to fixing
these issues. Since 'upgrading' to WinMe / Office 2K, however, I've had at
least 1 or 2 crashes per day. Saving a Word document shouldn't bring down
the whole OS!! Thus, I'm now thoroughly disgruntled. If I'm now looking for
alternatives to Windoze and M$ applications - it's entirely Microsoft's
fault for rushing out incomplete and buggy software, and then trying to
'dupe' their customers into buying 'upgrades', instead of admitting that
they're really beta releases. BTW, why the heck do we need new office
applications every 1 to 2 years anyway?  Most of the M$ Office users in my
company haven't even got to grips with even one tenth the functionality of
Office 95 yet!).

Regards,
SGO.
"universe_made_of_atoms" <almighty99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3AFDFE9C.C8F3DECF@hotmail.com...
> Internet is putting lot of competition fire & heat under Microsoft SQL
> Server
>
> Your boss will tell you - "Now, that we have high speed internet
> connection
> why do you need commercial SQL servers?? Simply use your mouse button,
> click and
> download the open-source Postgresql, InterBase or MySQL !!!!"
>
> There will be no Oracle or Microsoft Corporation in about 2-3 years time
> (as Internet is
> a very big threat to Oracle/Microsoft corporation). Microsoft corp will
> be a dead
> meat....because of lightening speed broad-band-internet.
>
> If you are running MS Windows 2000/NT, then here is the chance for you
> to try this superb SQL RDBMS open-source database.
>
> Now, PostgreSQL is packaged in Cygwin32-setup.exe, simply download the
> cygwin setup.exe  and double click on setup.exe
> to install and run PostgreSQL on MS Windows 2000/NT
>
> Installing and running the pgsql on MS Windows is extremely easy now and
>
> is quite rock solid on Windows 2000/NT desktop or server
>
> PostgreSQL is a "LINUX" of database systems - very powerful and
> reliable..
>
> Everybody is asking "What is the equivalent of Linux in SQL databases
> ??"
> The answer is "PostgreSQL" RDBMS server.
>
> Please try and go to http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/download.html
> to download cygwin (which has pgsql)
>
> After installing the cygwin, read the user guides at
> http://www.postgresql.org
>
> Your boss will say - "Purchase commercial support for PostgresQL from
> GreatBridge at http://greatbridge.com or from http://www.mysql.com .
> Microsoft
> products costs too much money!!! Why do need these MS SQL servers
> anymore ????"
>
> Open-source SQL RDBMS and their rankings are -
> Ranked 1st Gold Medal   : PostgreSQL http://www.postgresql.org
> Ranked 2nd Silver Medal : Interbase SQLserver
> http://www.borland.com/devsupport/interbase/opensource
> Ranked 3rd Bronze Medal : MySQL http://www.mysql.com
> Ranked 4th              : Many others ....
>
>
>
>