This article appears to be a pretty weak opinion piece - the author has little understanding of PostgreSQL and the support infrastructure that exists. The article makes numerous references to mysql which is clearly the low end of the Open Source database market. Postgres is very close to where it needs to be to compete head to head with Oracle, db2, and MSSQL server. As a web application data server our experiences have been wonderful. We have deployed postgresql on production servers and will be replacing Oracle on one of the leading B2B marketplaces in the floral industry. That being said, the vacuum improvements, recovery, and replication features are sorely needed and disqualify postgresql from being considered in many scenarios. It may be possible for postgresql to meet these requirements, but would be less expensive to deploy Oracle (In terms of development time, testing, and risk management). We have found that corporations are very interested in open source databases, although they don't always realize it ;) - It takes some education. Where postgresql development has come a long way and is very successful, we all need evangelize and educate the market to ensure it's place in the industry today and in the future. -Ryan Mahoney CTO Payment Alliance, Inc.
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