Elein,
> > This is the kind of thing we should know about. I'm not sure
> > we could provide enough fodder to override the salespitch
> > in a particular case since that pretty much has to be an inside job.
I don't think we could. From your story, the Brazillian company based their
decision on what DBExperts recommended, not on technical requirements. From
the company's perspective, what's important is not the database but that
DBExperts guarentees that it will work ... and supposedly has a support
contract to that effect.
No doubt DBExperts had ulterior motives for recommending Pervasive ... I can't
imagine recommending it on technical grounds ... but that's not our business.
Except maybe to note somewhere that DBExperts cannot be considered
"PostgreSQL supporters" anymore.
The only thing we could have done in a case like this is to alert a competing
support company in time to make a competitive bid based on PostgreSQL.
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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco