Re: [PLUG] Can Open Source Replace Oracle?

[greg@turnstep.com]

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> By the way, PostGres is basically a successor to Ingress which can't 
> even come close to Oracle in terms of the size and complexity of 
> databases it supports. ... although 90+% of the world doesn't need that 
> capability, they only think they do. Oracle reps love to play the card: 
> "you're too big and important to run on that dinky thing." CIO Ego's 
> are easy to subvert, and nobody ever chose Oracle at the technical 
> level.

Sorry, I cannot let this one slip by. Saying that Postgres cannot come 
close because it was *based* on Ingress is like saying that Linux is not 
a good OS because it was based on Minux. Both have come extremely far 
from their roots. I mostly agree with the rest however, and would add 
this: the rare database that needs the full power of Oracle and cannot 
have its needs met by PostgreSQL is the exception, not the rule. I 
seriously doubt a City database is in that small group.

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Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com
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