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RE: some interesting news from the linux arena



but if greatbridge which answers to the call postgresql.org didn't manage to get big contracts, why do
u think redhat will, when they charge thousands of dollars for the same services.
My guess is that redhat will drop the database thing or at least change its business plan regarding it.
fact is, that oracle is better than postgresql in about 20% and its more common, in addition if u r a serious
business, you will use oracle's more specialized areas where they definetly rule supreme like clustering, backup servers, reliablility, faster with operations with network appliances, and countless stuff that a billion dollar company is a position to offer.
no small business will pay thousands of dollars for support, and no medium business is going to use postgresql where it probably has legacy databases like informix, cobol, etc... or for newer medium business there are complete solutions like the german Sap and many others which simplifies the problems. and as for the big guns, they usually buys the best.

With some abnormalities at the database arena this is how i see it, and i appologize in advance if i hurt some linuxers feelings. wake up and smell the fried database.
And last, the database market has slumped in recent year, and i personally got an offer from oracle to use their products with their training free of charge if i promise to buy it if my previous employee company got off the ground. If you think Ceo-it :), u will jump at the offer. I am sorry, but at this business postgresql don't have much of a chance.

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-----Original Message-----
From: linux-il-bounce@cs.huji.ac.il [mailto:linux-il-bounce@cs.huji.ac.il]On Behalf Of Tzafrir Cohen
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 10:03 PM
To: Tzahi Fadida
Cc: Adi Stav; linux-il@linux.org.il
Subject: RE: some interesting news from the linux arena


Hi

On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Tzahi Fadida wrote:

> you guys missed my meaning. i didn't say that postgre development will stop. no open source project can
> be stopped merely because the company who mainly developed it did.
> I was suggesting that a database that is supposed to be an alternative to oracle,cannot be successful unless
> it has a large company to support and provide quick updates, which can only occur if you have a paid development team and a large support department :).

To spell this out explicitly: what got GreatBridge out of the market was
the fact that RedHat sells PostgreSQL better than them. See
http://www.redhat.com/software/database/

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Tzafrir Cohen
mailto:tzafrir@technion.ac.il
http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir



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