Thread: Oracle CEO on the limits of open-source databases.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Interesting interview with the CEO of Oracle, especially the first section where he dismisses open-source databases outright: http://www.linux-mag.com/cgi-bin/printer.pl?issue=2002-11&article=ellison Most interesting quote about open-source databases: > It's not just scale. There's no security. [There's no] scalability, > security, or reliability. If you give up any of those, you can't > do this. Another reason you'd be out of your mind to use them is > because you'd have to buy twice as much hardware. We run, I don't > know, ten times, a hundred times faster than they do on the same hardware. - -- Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200301301010 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: http://www.turnstep.com/pgp.html iD8DBQE+OUCyvJuQZxSWSsgRAuT8AJ9zmhYWQdOnkqlkTcio1zOQamgp3wCeMUdT 6xqC2ZYCNVkWHt2GpnEn+DQ= =anJl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Thursday 30 Jan 2003 8:40 pm, you wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Interesting interview with the CEO of Oracle, especially the first > section where he dismisses open-source databases outright: > > http://www.linux-mag.com/cgi-bin/printer.pl?issue=2002-11&article=ellison > > Most interesting quote about open-source databases: > > It's not just scale. There's no security. [There's no] scalability, > > security, or reliability. If you give up any of those, you can't > > do this. Another reason you'd be out of your mind to use them is > > because you'd have to buy twice as much hardware. We run, I don't > > know, ten times, a hundred times faster than they do on the same > > hardware. Apparently he is aware of postgres. Look at this. ---- Linux is crucial for all the Unixes. You want people in universities to learn Unix, not Windows. It's great that you can get a free version of Linux, a free version of Postgres, a free version of this and a free version of that, and that everybody in [academia] can go and play with this stuff and not break any of the laws or steal anybody's software. And that's good news, because people tend to like what they know. Otherwise, they might be using Windows. ---- but when it comes to comparing databases he sticks to mySQL. I would say he is worth his job of CEO..;-) Shridhar
The first phase is denial. Then anger. Then acceptance. ;-) Denial also keeps shareholders happy and stock prices high. If he were to say 'Well, there is at lease one viable OS DMBS out there' then he'd be in big trouble. Also it would legitimize Postgre. -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-advocacy-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-advocacy-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Greg Sabino Mullane Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 10:10 AM To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org Subject: [pgsql-advocacy] Oracle CEO on the limits of open-source databases. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Interesting interview with the CEO of Oracle, especially the first section where he dismisses open-source databases outright: http://www.linux-mag.com/cgi-bin/printer.pl?issue=2002-11&article=ellison Most interesting quote about open-source databases: > It's not just scale. There's no security. [There's no] scalability, > security, or reliability. If you give up any of those, you can't > do this. Another reason you'd be out of your mind to use them is > because you'd have to buy twice as much hardware. We run, I don't > know, ten times, a hundred times faster than they do on the same hardware. - -- Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200301301010 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: http://www.turnstep.com/pgp.html iD8DBQE+OUCyvJuQZxSWSsgRAuT8AJ9zmhYWQdOnkqlkTcio1zOQamgp3wCeMUdT 6xqC2ZYCNVkWHt2GpnEn+DQ= =anJl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org