Re: Need your help [arguments for open source databases]

2003-07-24 Thread ETI - Barry Irchad Kader
Many thanks for all the answers and point of views! I have now good elements for digging the subject. Thanks a lot, Kader -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Need your help [arguments for open source databases]

2003-07-24 Thread Jonathan Bartlett
> > I would like to have your opinions about open source databases versus > > commercial ones. I had a _serious_ debate with some of my colleagues > > about open source in general but when I started to compare mysql to > > oracle, they literally fired at me as if I had made a blasphemy... They > >

Re: Need your help [arguments for open source databases]

2003-07-24 Thread Reuben D. Budiardja
On Thursday 24 July 2003 08:45 am, ETI - Barry Irchad Kader wrote: > Hi! > > This message may be off topic and I apologize a lot if so. > > I would like to have your opinions about open source databases versus > commercial ones. I had a _serious_ debate with some of my colleagues > about open sourc

Re: Need your help [arguments for open source databases]

2003-07-24 Thread Willem van der Walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
ZHello, The best argument for using postgresql in place of Oracle is that the latest Oracle has lots and lots of feutures which one normally do not need. It is expencive and is normally only required for large multi-national companies. hth Willem On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, ETI - Barry Irchad Kader wr

Re: Need your help [arguments for open source databases]

2003-07-24 Thread Kent Borg
On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 12:45:40PM +, ETI - Barry Irchad Kader wrote: > They are stating that Oracle is above any comparison and that it is > the must in the universe of relational databases. > [...] > Do you know any benchmark results that made this kind of comparison? One difference is that

Re: Need your help [arguments for open source databases]

2003-07-24 Thread Dave Ihnat
On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 12:45:40PM +, ETI - Barry Irchad Kader wrote: > I would like to have your opinions about open source databases versus > commercial ones. I had a _serious_ debate with some of my colleagues > about open source in general but when I started to compare mysql to > oracle, th

Need your help [arguments for open source databases]

2003-07-24 Thread ETI - Barry Irchad Kader
Hi! This message may be off topic and I apologize a lot if so. I would like to have your opinions about open source databases versus commercial ones. I had a _serious_ debate with some of my colleagues about open source in general but when I started to compare mysql to oracle, they literally fir