On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 10:12:57PM -0400, Adam Skutt wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > > > > (sticks hand up from back of room) PostgreSQL OSS alternative for > > Oracle? > > > In some cases, yes. But not in a whole host of others. > > PostgreSQL is not as scalable or as fast as Oracle on the high-end. > > It's also lacking some features needed for dealing with really massive > datasets. > > There is no true OSS equivalent to the likes of Oracle and DB2, and it's > likely there will never be, unless one of them becomes open-source.
After a quick search through the postgresql-doc package I found postgresql-doc/TODO.detail/performance.gz which compares Oracle + PostgreSQL. Thanks. -- Chris. ====== Reproduction if desired may be handled locally. -- rfc3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
