Received: from localhost (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B209D9FB677; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:19:08 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 65496-03; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:18:54 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: delayed 00:28:10.824228 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 9F0859FB8DE; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:18:58 -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 www.3times25.net (66-23-211-34.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.34]) by svr4.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF4A85AF04F; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:50:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.3times25.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D1AF5401F; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:50:39 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4677D11E.5030704@serioustechnology.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:50:38 -0400 From: Geoffrey Myers User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Kelly Cc: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org, pgsql-admin@postgresql.org, pgsql-novice@postgresql.org, pgsql-general@postgresql.org, pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] [PERFORM] Postgres VS Oracle References: <36e682920706180910y519bc6a5h11e0ba56f45009ec@mail.gmail.com> <4676B7C7.6020801@kostyrka.org> <36e682920706181002i495f3fc3s2d55472e36a91b63@mail.gmail.com> <1182241407.2709.42.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1182241407.2709.42.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 200706/177 X-Sequence-Number: 25845 Andrew Kelly wrote: > 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". Jeese! You could have forwarned us to shut our eyes! -- Until later, Geoffrey Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Benjamin Franklin