Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 01:25:16PM -0700, David Fetter wrote:
>>> The reality is, very few companies are willing to bet their a..erm,
>>> donkey ;) on PostgreSQL... yet.
>> I think this was true two years ago, but just about anybody here can
>> name a whole bunch of outfits (and probably is not allowed to name
>> others) that bet the farm on PostgreSQL. :)
>
> My point was that how many fortune 500 companies have
> mission-critical services that depend on PostgreSQL, especially if
> they're public-facing? Sure, some have... many more have not. The few
> that have are on the bleeding edge (which isn't so bloody afterall).
I find that the fortune 500 companies that are technical in nature are
already running PostgreSQL. Those that are of a different nature likely
aren't.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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