Received: from localhost (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC3F99FBD92; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:52:19 -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 30826-04; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:52:09 -0300 (ADT) 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 X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.195]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42ADA9FBCF6; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:52:15 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [66.23.211.34] (helo=[172.16.255.106]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus1) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0MKpCa-1I0dBm1CRm-0001cA; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:52:13 -0400 Message-ID: <4677D174.2010603@serioustechnology.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:52:04 -0400 From: Geoffrey 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-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/JFzHN9HmX1SSqQjoDyb491EEQDFrkggF/a3k zt4rYpsiX7UeOdXErzCXTSeVazuILj5EQ6GafON+VvjUS67pxS nWNm4tJm86LrObxV5K5JkErqqan6DBc X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.879 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL=-0.879, BAYES_50=0.001, SUSPICIOUS_RECIPS=1.757 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200706/165 X-Sequence-Number: 25833 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 warned us to shield 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