On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 3:24 AM, Craig Ringer <ringerc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Dec 8, 2011 1:27 PM, "Chris Travers" <chris.travers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Additionally I am not entirely sure what he means by the last point. >> If you look at the work that NTT along with EDB has put into >> Postgres-XC, for example, it looks to me like the Postgres ecosystem >> is growing by leaps and bounds and we are approaching an era where >> Oracle is no longer ahead in any significant use case. > > While Pg is impressively capable now, I don't agree that Oracle (if DB2, > MS-SQL etc) isn't ahead for any significant use case. Not on a purely > technical basis anyway - once cost is considered there may be a stronger > argument. I said "approaching an era" for a reason. We aren't there yet, but we are fast approaching it. Major areas I didn't think PostgreSQL would ever directly compete in are now within arms reach. Also when I say use case, I am talking like: "I have a 2TB database and need to be able to run aggregates across 20M row tables as part of my transactional system." What I see you mentioning are tools missing which in some cases show use cases we aren't so good at (high security databases where row-level security needs to be enforced, or accounting systems for holding companies or the like), but given now that the above use case is now within reach, I have to think the others will be soon as well. Best Wishes, Chris Travers -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
