Thread: References for PostgreSQL
Hi! Just one questions: Our Company is searching for a good SQL-Database, which will be using very extensivly in the future. PostgreSQL really looks good (low/no cost/ many features), but do big companys have this product also on their production servers? Any if yes, which companys? Thanks for help, Christian L�beck
Why would you need other companies to use it if it suits your needs ? I would have thought the features and benefits would drive the decision. ? Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Christian Lübeck [mailto:c.luebeck@gmx.de] > Sent: 18 July 2002 18:54 > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Subject: [GENERAL] References for PostgreSQL > > > Hi! > > Just one questions: > > Our Company is searching for a good SQL-Database, which will > be using very > extensivly in the future. > PostgreSQL really looks good (low/no cost/ many features), but do big > companys have this product also on their production servers? > Any if yes, > which companys? > > Thanks for help, > > Christian Lübeck > > > > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly >
i wasn't saying that your question doesn't deserve to be answered but just because a company uses a product doesn't mean it does so for the best reasons. sql server springs to mind where often it might not be the best tool for the job but companies use it for several other reasons (product tie in / tie in with other ms software packages or their db admin doesn't know or won't try anything else) i use postgres at work and have found that it offers everything i need for the applications that use it. we used on because it was the best open-source product available and we had people (3 or 4 of us) that had enough linux experience and db experience to be able to support it. the company i work for is a straight MS house and other developement teams scoff at us for not wanting to use the MS tools we have avaialable. Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Trevor Stuart [mailto:tstuart@pyramis.co.uk] > Sent: 19 July 2002 13:37 > To: 'Steve Brett' > Subject: RE: [GENERAL] References for PostgreSQL > > > Other company's usage of a product shows that there is a measure of > substance behind the stated features and benefits, not just rhetoric. > > The original question is a good one and deserves to be answered. > > Trevor Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org > [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Steve Brett > Sent: 19 July 2002 13:31 > To: Christian Lübeck; Pgsql-General (E-mail) > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] References for PostgreSQL > > > Why would you need other companies to use it if it suits your needs ? > > I would have thought the features and benefits would drive > the decision. > > ? > > Steve > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Christian Lübeck [mailto:c.luebeck@gmx.de] > > Sent: 18 July 2002 18:54 > > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > > Subject: [GENERAL] References for PostgreSQL > > > > > > Hi! > > > > Just one questions: > > > > Our Company is searching for a good SQL-Database, which will > > be using very > > extensivly in the future. > > PostgreSQL really looks good (low/no cost/ many features), > but do big > > companys have this product also on their production servers? > > Any if yes, > > which companys? > > > > Thanks for help, > > > > Christian Lübeck > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of > > broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > > > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org >
On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 13:53, Christian Lübeck wrote: > Hi! > > Just one questions: > > Our Company is searching for a good SQL-Database, which will be using very > extensivly in the future. > PostgreSQL really looks good (low/no cost/ many features), but do big > companys have this product also on their production servers? Any if yes, > which companys? > *sigh* Ok how about this... our current client list that runs postgresql in production: USAID (United States Agency for International Development) DOL ODEP (Department of Labor, i forget what ODEP stands for) DOS IAWG (Department of State, Inter-Agency Working Group) DOL PTFEAD (Dept of Labor's DisabilityDirect.gov) GSA (General Services Administration) there are some more in the pipeline, but they're not in production and yes, these organizations also use Oracle; they just run Oracle for everything. -- Tom Jenkins Development InfoStructure http://www.devis.com
On Fri, 2002-07-19 at 08:33, Tom Jenkins wrote: > > *sigh* > Ok how about this... our current client list that runs postgresql in > production: > > USAID (United States Agency for International Development) > DOL ODEP (Department of Labor, i forget what ODEP stands for) > DOS IAWG (Department of State, Inter-Agency Working Group) > DOL PTFEAD (Dept of Labor's DisabilityDirect.gov) > GSA (General Services Administration) > > there are some more in the pipeline, but they're not in production > > and yes, these organizations also use Oracle; they just run Oracle for > everything. > err.. that should be "they just don't run Oracle for everything". -- Tom Jenkins Development InfoStructure http://www.devis.com
On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 07:53:51PM +0200, Christian Lübeck wrote:
> PostgreSQL really looks good (low/no cost/ many features), but do big
> companys have this product also on their production servers? Any if yes,
> which companys?
The .info gTLD uses PostgreSQL. Do whois afilias.info for an
example.
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U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Economic Research Department We wrote a PHP and PostgreSQL web application to provide economic data to the public. See: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2 George Essig ------------------------------------------- > Hi! > > Just one questions: > > Our Company is searching for a good SQL-Database, which will be using very > extensivly in the future. > PostgreSQL really looks good (low/no cost/ many features), but do big > companys have this product also on their production servers? Any if yes, > which companys? > > Thanks for help, > > Christian Lübeck
Hi, > PostgreSQL really looks good (low/no cost/ many features), but do big > companys have this product also on their production servers? Any if yes, > which companys? Also, please check the archives. The name of the thread...was... (as far as I remember) "Who's using PostgreSQL?" Best regards. -- Devrim GUNDUZ devrim@oper.metu.edu.tr devrim.gunduz@linux.org.tr Web : http://devrim.oper.metu.edu.tr -------------------------------------
George.T.Essig@stls.frb.org wrote: > > U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Economic Research Department > > We wrote a PHP and PostgreSQL web application to provide economic data to > the public. See: > > http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2 > > George Essig Wow! That's a fanstastic site! I never new such data was available. Mike Mascari mascarm@mascari.com
Hi Christian, There is a pretty decent "Case Study" of how BASF (the worlds largest chemical company) is using a PostgreSQL backend-ed solution for their agribusiness online shopping platform. http://advocacy.postgresql.org/wcgcasestudyonpostgresqlv1.2.pdf It's in Acrobat format, and was released a few days ago (thanks to Roger Moon of the Web Commerce Group). :-) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift Christian LXbeck wrote: > > Hi! > > Just one questions: > > Our Company is searching for a good SQL-Database, which will be using very > extensivly in the future. > PostgreSQL really looks good (low/no cost/ many features), but do big > companys have this product also on their production servers? Any if yes, > which companys? > > Thanks for help, > > Christian Lübeck > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi