Στις Τρίτη 19 Ιούνιος 2007 15:39, ο/η Carol Walter έγραψε: > I don't want to add gas to the flamewar, but I gotta ask. What is in > the the 90 to 95% referred to in this email. short answer: all cases, possibly except when running a Bank or something similar. > > Carol > > On Jun 18, 2007, at 1:17 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > Jonah H. Harris wrote: > >> On 6/18/07, Andreas Kostyrka <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> As a cynic, I might ask, what Oracle is fearing? > >> > >> As a realist, I might ask, how many times do we have to answer this > >> type of anti-commercial-database flamewar-starting question? > > > > Depends? How many times are you going to antagonize the people that > > ask? > > > > 1. It has *nothing* to do with anti-commercial. It is anti- > > proprietary which is perfectly legitimate. > > > > 2. Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM have a "lot" to fear in the sense of > > a database like PostgreSQL. We can compete in 90-95% of cases where > > people would traditionally purchase a proprietary system for many, > > many thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of dollars. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Joshua D. Drake > > > > -- > > > > === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === > > Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 > > Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 > > http://www.commandprompt.com/ > > > > Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/ > > donate > > PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/ > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of > > broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that > > your > > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to > choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not > match -- Achilleas Mantzios
