<laurenz.albe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > - Oracle was developed earlier, and one can argue that in those days file systems > were not so great, so there was more need to write your own Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Postgres (or Ingres upon which it's based) development start in the early-to-mid 70's and Oracle's only in the late 70's - early 80's? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingres_(database)#Early_history [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostgreSQL#History E. > Laurenz Albe