Re: Questions about Postgres and Oracle

From: Nuno Souto <dbvision_at_iinet.net.au>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:31:37 +1100
Message-ID: <50D42C79.7020208_at_iinet.net.au>

kyle Hailey wrote,on my timestamp of 21/12/2012 4:05 AM:

> Postgres looks pretty cool to me. Nothing against Oracle.
> And a number of or clients are going Oracle -> Postgres so I'm keenly
> interested in the issues and feasibility.

We've been using Postgres for all our web-related dbs for years now. Not only is it heaps cheaper than Oracle, it's reached a level nowadays where it is quite usable. Regardless of the perorations of Stonebraker - who has been remarkable silent since his last "take over the Oracle world" crusade fizzled before it even started... - Postgres is a viable alternative. And it actually can interface with Oracle quite well through the HS magic. Not about to move our DW to it but a lot of other smaller stuff is being seriously considered.

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