Re: Oracle2PostgreSQL Migration with PL/pgSQL

Justin Clift <justin_at_postgresql.org> wrote in message news:<3E6C5D9C.1090605_at_postgresql.org>...

> Hey, not fair! Don't put us in the same box as *Oracle's* marketing
> department.

Perish the thought...

> As always, it's best to correctly choose the product to suit the need.
> There are places where PostgreSQL is faster and/or scales better on a
> single server, and there are instead places where PITR is needed thus
> PostgreSQL isn't yet an option.

Wot? The darn thing *STILL* can't recover properly???? One would think it would have downed on the "stonebrakers" by now that recovery is an essential requirement for a real database... Oh well, another 10 years free development should cure that!

> Sure. The Oracle marketing teams will use their um... high-integrity
> tactics... to encourage people to move to Oracle from the alternatives.

If not Oracle marketing, I'm sure IBM or M$ marketing will gladly step in. Heck, with a bit of luck Gerstner's successor might even buy the darn thing outright. Just to piss Larry off on the market size ratings.

>
> Not sure how Oracle's marketing teams are going to work against a
> product based on a no-profit-needed-in-order-to-thrive business model
> though.

Now, THERE is a business model that in the last couple of years has proven itself to be a REAL winner....

> Pretty sure we're going to find out though in the next few years.

Great. Do come back then.

Cheers
Nuno Souto
wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au Received on Mon Mar 10 2003 - 23:45:28 CST