It seems every time I turn around, someone is comparing Oracle to something. Some of the comments I agree with and some seem way off:
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PostgreSQL is much more suitable for the casual database developer. -- I'm a DBA, so I can't see the difference in programming Oracle or Postgres.
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PostgreSQL has a solid set of features that includes most, if not all, of what developers would ever use. -- Oy, just because that's all they currently use doesn't mean that's all they should use. If this were the case, then just what are Oracle Corp's (or Postgres or MS) developers working on?
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Let's all go back to flat files and skip all this complex relational stuff. :)
Eddie Awad
· 3 years ago
Oracle is being compared to other databases because Oracle is the leader and everyone wants to be compared to a leader. Here is another example of the competition between Oracle and IBM.
Nitin Mathur
· 2 years ago
I am a DBA and i think today there is no such database as Oracle is it's the big daddy of all the databases.the features that oracle provides cannot be compared to any other databases.
vigya shah
· 1 year ago
I am not a dba but running tens of website with good amount of traffic and using postgres since the version 6.0. May be its less then oracle in few sense but think no one just compare it with oracle if its not at the level of at least give a solid competition. I didn't saw that many people comparing sybase, informix with oracle as many i saw for postgres and dude no one spend time to do that if there is no value or at least doubt that how the free database is so powerful. I am one of the beliver that Software by Community will bring down all those big thiefs like Microsoft and oracle down...
Eddie Awad
· 1 year ago
@vigya I'm not sure how you came up with the conclusion that Microsoft and Oracle are big "theifs"!
All Comments
It seems every time I turn around, someone is comparing Oracle to something. Some of the comments I agree with and some seem way off:
<ol>
<li>
PostgreSQL is much more suitable for the casual database developer.
</li>-- I'm a DBA, so I can't see the difference in programming Oracle or Postgres.
<li>
PostgreSQL has a solid set of features that includes most, if not all, of what developers would ever use.
</li>-- Oy, just because that's all they currently use doesn't mean that's all they should use. If this were the case, then just what are Oracle Corp's (or Postgres or MS) developers working on?
</ol>
Let's all go back to flat files and skip all this complex relational stuff. :)
Oracle is being compared to other databases because Oracle is the leader and everyone wants to be compared to a leader. Here is another example of the competition between Oracle and IBM.