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This needs to become a thing. Where people produce writeups on Oracle To Postgres, and how much better it is; under something like #RunsMuchBetterWithPostgres .

This needs to become a thing. Where people produce writeups on Oracle To Postgres, and how much better it is; under something like #RunsMuchBetterWithPostgres ... It is strange that there aren't more writeups on Postgresql migrations. Yandex had a good one. Posted here a long while ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12489055 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12489055

sharninder 9y ago
Another one here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyc5ohv0RLY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyc5ohv0RLY
KingMob 9y ago
> It is strange that there aren't more writeups on Postgresql migrations. It's probably because switching databases is very painful and rare.
- unixhero 9y ago
  I would think that not having to pay the Oracle/MS/Sybase/Teradata licenses are a good enough incentive... Speaking of economic incentives. That could be a thesis topic for my hereto unwritten PhD in Behavioral Economics: "Choosing to pay" What are the behavioral aspects of top leadership - Why do people still chose proprietary" A quantitative case study."
  - Ygg2 9y ago
    If I had to wager, it's support. Oracle/MS generally provide much better support that open source software.
    - jeltz 9y ago
      Oracle is definitely not known for their good support, and there are plenty of companies which provide really good PostgreSQL support.
- irrational 9y ago
  This. It was worth it, but it still took us the better part of a year.