Re: Interesting info about Oracle

Originally posted by Keith
> I don't mean this as a flame but.. I am really worried about dancing
> with the devil (oracle). Also my rectum is sacred and is a one-way
> street. Last thing I want is to end up shelling out thousands
> because of
> some new Oracle "tactic." It appears that you can't get any objective
> decission making opinions from this brain-washed Oracle crowd.
> It feels
> like you are not preaching to the choir here but preaching to the
> alter-boys who like to take it in rear (oracle-DBAs). Come on people,
> get objective about spending your company's or tax-payer's money.
>
> I am really considering PostGreSQL. It is mature, stable and has many
> enterprise features including replication. Besides, not having any
> string attached leaves you calm. It is heavily used in mission
> critical
> implementations. The .ORG name service run on PostGreSQL.
>

Are you in the market for an RDBMS or an ERP solution? I gather from your original post, and the article that you posted, is that you are confusing Oracle Applications (ERP) with Oracle RDBMS. I am not aware of PostGreSQL as being an ERP player. If they are then they are nowhere to be found on Gartner's four quadrants.

Oracle RDBMS and Applications (ERP) are two separate products from Oracle. Although Oracle's bread and butter is RDBMS and can/will/should spank PostGreSQL's rear end all day long... they have had issues with their ERP application installations which is mentioned in the article that you posted... specifically the California deal.

Regards
/Rauf Sarwar

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