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Re: What so special about PostgreSQL and other RDBMS?

From: Greg D. Moore \(Strider\) <mooregr_deleteth1s_at_greenms.com>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 02:59:08 GMT
Message-ID: <0wBoc.183156$M3.141910@twister.nyroc.rr.com>

"Quirk" <quirk_at_syntac.net> wrote in message news:4e20d3f.0405120034.31bd92ac_at_posting.google.com...

>

> Unfortunately you have created unneeded dependencies for them, the
> worst of which is not MS SQL, since it is fairly easy to get at data
> in MS SQL and archive it or export it in a usefull way, the worst is
> that you have tied your customers to a terrible Operating System with
> a terrible licence, even Oracle users are not so screwed since at the
> very least they have a choice when it comes to OS.

I'm curious about this terrible OS you refer to. I know the one I use is stable, hasn't crashed on me once for SQL Server on 1/2 dozen machines for 4+ years and so far has not succumbed to any security holes. Or is this just blatant bias? Received on Wed May 12 2004 - 21:59:08 CDT

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