Re: PostgreSQL vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Randolf Richardson
Subject Re: PostgreSQL vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft
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Msg-id Xns95E48DBC11D84rr8xca@200.46.204.72
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In response to PostgreSQL vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft  (Randolf Richardson <rr@8x.ca>)
Responses Re: PostgreSQL vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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"Ron Mayer <rm_pg@cheapcomplexdevices.com>" wrote in pgsql.performance:
> Randolf Richardson wrote:
>
>>>  While this doesn't exactly answer your question, I use this little
>>>  tidbit of information when "selling" people on PostgreSQL.
>>>  PostgreSQL was chosen over Oracle as the database to handle all of
>>>  the .org TLDs information.  ...
>>
>>          Do you have a link for that information?  I've told a few
>>          people about
>> this and one PostgreSQL advocate (thanks to me -- they were going to be
>> a Microsoft shop before that) is asking.
>
> Of course you could read their application when they were competing
> with a bunch of other companies using databases from different vendors.
>
> I believe this is the link to their response to the database
>   questions...
>
> http://www.icann.org/tlds/org/questions-to-applicants-13.htm#Response13Th
> eInternetSocietyISOC

        That's perfect.  Thanks!

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