On 03/09/14 00:41, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
On 09/02/2014 02:47 PM, Álvaro Hernández Tortosa wrote:
Yeah, we differ there. I think having an Oracle compatibility layer
in PostgreSQL would be the-next-big-thing we could have. Oracle is has
orders of magnitude bigger user base than postgres has; and having the
ability to attract them would bring us many many more users which, in
turn, would benefit us all very significantly.
It would be my #1 priority to do in postgres (but yes, I know
-guess- how hard and what resources that would require). But dreaming is
free :)
Oracle compatibility certainly has merit, I just don't see it as
useful for core. I would be far more interested in MSSQL compatibility
honestly. That said, Postgres itself is a rockstar and I think we can
make our own case without having to copy others.
It's not copying. It's easying a path for others to migrate and
come to Postgres.
I'm interested why you are more interested in MSSQL. My reasons for
being interested in Oracle are:
- It has more users (biggest and above all, the main reason: we could
attract more)
- Postgres is perceived as "similar" to Oracle (so migration is likely
to be easier)
That's all I want. Grow postgres userbase, attracting Oracle users :)
Álvaro
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