I believe I was misunderstood. The fact that a product is closed source does not
make it a better product. Some companies that are using Oracle would be better
off using PostgreSQL. Other companies that need the features that Oracle offers
would not be better off using Postgresql.
However, there are a lot of closed source products that are better then their
open source counter-parts.
Oracle vs. Postgresql is one of them. Obviously if you don't need the
feature-set provided by Oracle then you would be foolish for paying for it. But
if you do need the extra features, then it is worth it.
Sim
Clodoaldo wrote:
> 2008/1/9, Sim Zacks <sim@compulab.co.il>:
>> The reason companies go with the closed source, expensive solutions is because
>> they are better products.
>
> Not necessarily. FOSS products don't have a selling team to persuade
> and bribe people. Expensive solutions, and that is in part what make
> them expensive, can spend lots of time persuading and can offer good
> money to those who decide which is the "best" product. Those who
> decide are not the coders or db admins and in general don't really
> care much.
>
> Regards, Clodoaldo Pinto Neto
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