Re: Oracle and Postgresql - Mailing list pgsql-general

From David Fetter
Subject Re: Oracle and Postgresql
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Msg-id 20080831204315.GG3717@fetter.org
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In response to Oracle and Postgresql  (M2Y <mailtoyahoo@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 11:29:32AM -0700, M2Y wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am a CS graduate and I have a brief idea of Postgres and Oracle.
> But, I dont have an in-depth knowledge in any of them. I have a
> couple of questions and
>
> I want to compare both of them in terms of functionality,
> performance, advantages and disadvantages.
>
> Why most enterprises prefer Oracle than Postgres even though it is
> free and has a decent enough user community.

That depends which enterprises.  At the moment, people who know
Postgres are not common, which gives them advantages in negotiations.

Cheers,
David.
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