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To: Randolf Richardson <rr@8x.ca>
Cc: pgsql-benchmarks@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft 
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Comments: In-reply-to Randolf Richardson <rr@8x.ca>
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Randolf Richardson <rr@8x.ca> writes:
>     	I'm looking for recent performance statistics on PostgreSQL vs. Oracle 
> vs. Microsoft SQL Server.

Oracle prohibits their licensees from publishing independent benchmarks,
and I think the same is true for SQL Server.  So you won't find anything
unbiased.

			regards, tom lane