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> I still find it hard to believe it's free PostgreSQL is only free if your time has no value.. (Paraphrased. In jest..)
by lamby 11y ago
> I still find it hard to believe it's free
PostgreSQL is only free if your time has no value..
(Paraphrased. In jest..)
- atemerev 11y agoDo you know any commercial database with comparable level of documentation and community support? I worked with a certain other database from a company starting with "O" and ending with "racle", and support/documentation quality was abysmal. Our support contract was quite basic, but still, it expected to be better than free alternatives. It was very NOT.
- thornygreb 11y agoI'm sorry, but documentation is one thing Oracle is NOT lacking. http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/nav/portal_booklist.htm http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/nav/portal_booklist.htm
- esaym 11y agoHe probably meant "readable" documentation....
- hackbinary 11y agoI took it to mean the Oracle's support was lessor than that of Postgres', despite paying a fee for it up front.
- lamby 11y agoIt was a comment in jest (as I mentioned).
- esaym 11y agoIn comparison to what? Mysql? Perhaps. Mysql is a little simpler and quicker to pick up, but one must remember, the original intent of mysql was to stop Devs from using text files for storage... But in comparison to an enterprise solution like DB2 or Oracle? Not even close... If you are trying to pull nosql into the argument, that is not even apples to oranges, plus with nosql, you get to retool your entire architecture.