Received: from localhost (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67D539FB696; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:52:22 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 95384-04; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:52:14 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: delayed 00:28:43.499271 by SQLgrey-1.7.4 X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from svr4.postgresql.org (svr4.postgresql.org [66.98.251.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58FDA9FB6A4; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:52:17 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.3 X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.3 X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.3 X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.3 X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.3 Received: from localhost.localdomain (mail.transparency.org [145.253.238.98]) by svr4.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A43065AF2CB; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:23:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1] (may be forged)) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l5J8NS9H005926; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:23:28 +0200 Received: (from akelly@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l5J8NRkB005925; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:23:27 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: akelly set sender to akelly@corisweb.org using -f Subject: Re: [GENERAL] [PERFORM] Postgres VS Oracle From: Andrew Kelly To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org, pgsql-admin@postgresql.org, pgsql-novice@postgresql.org, pgsql-general@postgresql.org, pgsql-performance@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <36e682920706181002i495f3fc3s2d55472e36a91b63@mail.gmail.com> References: <36e682920706180910y519bc6a5h11e0ba56f45009ec@mail.gmail.com> <4676B7C7.6020801@kostyrka.org> <36e682920706181002i495f3fc3s2d55472e36a91b63@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Transparency International e.V. Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:23:27 +0200 Message-Id: <1182241407.2709.42.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.3 (2.8.3-2.fc6) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.893 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=BAYES_50=0.001, FORGED_RCVD_HELO=0.135, SUSPICIOUS_RECIPS=1.757 X-Spam-Level: * X-Archive-Number: 200706/159 X-Sequence-Number: 25827 On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 13:02 -0400, Jonah H. Harris wrote: > On 6/18/07, Andreas Kostyrka wrote: > > As a cynic, I might ask, what Oracle is fearing? > > As a realist, I might ask, how many times do we have to answer this > type of anti-commercial-database flamewar-starting question? > As a nudist, I think I have to answer, "About every 9 weeks, it would seem". Andy