Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-advocacy] [PERFORM] [ADMIN] Postgres VS Oracle

2007-06-18 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jonah H. Harris wrote: > Certainly, but can one expect to get a realistic answer to an, "is > Oracle fearing something" question on he PostgreSQL list? Or was it > just a backhanded attempt at pushing the topic again? My vote is for > the latter; i

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-advocacy] [PERFORM] [ADMIN] Postgres VS Oracle

2007-06-18 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jonah H. Harris wrote: > > All of us have noticed the anti-MySQL bashing based on problems with > MySQL 3.23... Berkus and others (including yourself, if I am correct), > have corrected people on not making invalid comparisons against > ancient vers

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-advocacy] [PERFORM] [ADMIN] Postgres VS Oracle

2007-06-18 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 PFC wrote: > >> 2. Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM have a "lot" to fear in the sense of a >> database like PostgreSQL. We can compete in 90-95% of cases where >> people would traditionally purchase a proprietary system for many, >> many thousands (if not

Re: [GENERAL] [PERFORM] [ADMIN] Postgres VS Oracle

2007-06-18 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jonah H. Harris wrote: > On 6/18/07, Andreas Kostyrka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> As a cynic, I might ask, what Oracle is fearing? > > As a realist, I might ask, how many times do we have to answer this > type of anti-comm

Re: [GENERAL] [PERFORM] [ADMIN] Postgres VS Oracle

2007-06-18 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It's even harder, as Oracle disallows publishing benchmark figures in their license. As a cynic, I might ask, what Oracle is fearing? Andreas Jonah H. Harris wrote: > On 6/18/07, David Tokmatchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Scalability ? Performance