Re: What so special about PostgreSQL and other RDBMS?

From: Steve <stevesusenet_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 12 May 2004 03:52:08 -0700
Message-ID: <6f8cb8c9.0405120252.6f31f716@posting.google.com>

Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1083695957.163784_at_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.

What database does Google use?

Steve Received on Wed May 12 2004 - 05:52:08 CDT