Except that there was (at that point) no option to learn Oracle because... it cost money. I was also using Postgres to do very similar things to Access. This i

Except that there was (at that point) no option to learn Oracle because... it cost money. I was also using Postgres to do very similar things to Access. This is in a way part of my point about value. You wouldn't get very far proposing to use Oracle to run a five user app, and (although it has been done) only a lunatic would run a five thousand user app on Access. The price, capability and support options of Postgres are compatible with both (partly because it is open source), so you only have to learn one tool, and the time invested it has a longer life cycle too.