Thread: Articles in French

Hi all,

Here is a list of articles related to PostgreSQL that were published in
French towards the end of last year.

This one is a summary of the 7.4 press release. It's short, but very
positive.

http://www.01net.com/article/224213.html

Apparently a much longer version complete with screenshots of one of
the GUI tools appeared in the paper version of the magazine, but I
haven't seen it.

Before that, the same magazine ran a comparative test of 4 open-source
DBs for Windows. The version tested for PostgreSQL was 7.3. Here are
the different parts of the article.

http://www.01net.com/article/223485_a.html
http://www.01net.com/article/223205.html
http://www.01net.com/article/223486.html
http://www.01net.com/article/223489.html

To sum it up, MySQL was considered to be easiest to install by a wide
margin (8.6 / 10 compared to 4.7 / 10 for PostgreSQL, the main reproach
being having to install Cygwin first). In the "features richness"
category PostgreSQL beat the other hands down, same for respect of
standards. Last category was "community", where MySQL again fared
better. It is worth mentioning that although small (and I would
"because it is small"), the PostgreSQL community was found to be
reactive and helpful.

And then there's a general article about companies adopting OS DBs:

http://www.01net.com/article/221646.html

PostgreSQL is mentioned alongside MySQL, but the terms are quite
flattering.

Cheers.

---------------
Francois

Home page: http://www.monpetitcoin.com/

"Would Descartes have programmed in Pascal?" - Umberto Eco

What strikes me about the articles is they highlight the lack of highly
trained people and how that makes a difference in their choice of
opensource:

<<Le fonctionnement presque autonome de MySQL et l'absence de formation
de nos administrateurs sont deux gains bien réels>>




Francois Suter wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Here is a list of articles related to PostgreSQL that were published
> in French towards the end of last year.
>
> This one is a summary of the 7.4 press release. It's short, but very
> positive.
>
> http://www.01net.com/article/224213.html
>
> Apparently a much longer version complete with screenshots of one of
> the GUI tools appeared in the paper version of the magazine, but I
> haven't seen it.
>
> Before that, the same magazine ran a comparative test of 4 open-source
> DBs for Windows. The version tested for PostgreSQL was 7.3. Here are
> the different parts of the article.
>
> http://www.01net.com/article/223485_a.html
> http://www.01net.com/article/223205.html
> http://www.01net.com/article/223486.html
> http://www.01net.com/article/223489.html
>
> To sum it up, MySQL was considered to be easiest to install by a wide
> margin (8.6 / 10 compared to 4.7 / 10 for PostgreSQL, the main
> reproach being having to install Cygwin first). In the "features
> richness" category PostgreSQL beat the other hands down, same for
> respect of standards. Last category was "community", where MySQL again
> fared better. It is worth mentioning that although small (and I would
> "because it is small"), the PostgreSQL community was found to be
> reactive and helpful.
>
> And then there's a general article about companies adopting OS DBs:
>
> http://www.01net.com/article/221646.html
>
> PostgreSQL is mentioned alongside MySQL, but the terms are quite
> flattering.
>
> Cheers.
>
> ---------------
> Francois
>
> Home page: http://www.monpetitcoin.com/
>
> "Would Descartes have programmed in Pascal?" - Umberto Eco
>
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