Original author here, after the original post there was so much great feedback that it was worthwhile to publish a part two - http://craigkerstiens.com/2012/05/

Original author here, after the original post there was so much great feedback that it was worthwhile to publish a part two - http://craigkerstiens.com/2012/05/07/why-postgres-part-2/ http://craigkerstiens.com/2012/05/07/why-postgres-part-2/ Additionally there will probably be a third post when Postgres 9.2 releases soon highlighting some of the great new features such as the JSON datatype.