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Re: What so special about PostgreSQL and other RDBMS?

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 11:39:18 -0700
Message-ID: <1083695957.163784@yasure>


Sarah Tanembaum wrote:

> Beside its an opensource and supported by community, what's the fundamental
> differences between PostgreSQL and those high-price commercial database (and
> some are bloated such as Oracle) from software giant such as Microsoft SQL
> Server, Oracle, and Sybase?
>
> Is PostgreSQL reliable enough to be used for high-end commercial
> application? Thanks

PostgreSQL is highly overrated and not suitable for any environment where little things like crash recovery and security are a priority.

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