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From: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2023 10:22:37 +0200
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Subject: Re: Birmingham City Council chose Oracle, went broke because of it ;)
To: Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org>
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On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 1:49=E2=80=AFAM Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org>=
 wrote:
>
> Heh Heh Heh.  This is pretty funny:
>
>    https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/05/birmingham_city_council_oracle/
>
>    "Birmingham City Council, the largest local authority in Europe, has
>     declared itself in financial distress after troubled Oracle project
>     costs ballooned from =C2=A320 million to around =C2=A3100 million ($1=
25.5
> million)."
>
> Wonder if they'll make the smart choice next time around, and choose PG
> + a decent vendor instead? :)

In fairness, that project is about Oracle Fusion, not the database. So
PG doesn't have a competing product. There are opensource ERP products
out there, but I'm not sure they're advanced enough to handle
something like that...

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