Re: EnterpriseDB as an Oracle replacement

Kevin Closson wrote a few articles about this. Maybe you've already read them, but just in case...

http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/nearly-free-or-not-gridsql-for-enterprisedb-is-simply-better-than-real-application-clusters-it-is-shared-nothing-architecture-after-all/

On 9/5/07, Ben Poels <ben.poels_at_queensu.ca> wrote:
>
> I know many people have mentioned in the past that they find Postgres a
> viable alternative to Oracle for many uses. Now there is EnterpriseDb
> which
> is based on Postgres but takes it one step further and claims it is Oracle
> compatible. It even has range partitioning w/o the extra $$$. They are
> touting FTD, Vonage and Sony's gaming division as major users.
>
> Is anyone using EnterpriseDB for there non-critical databases to save
> money
> on licensing? If you are, how accurate are the compatibility claims? I
> know
> it doesn't support XMLTYPE and private synonyms for instance. Anyone done
> any benchmarks?
>
> Ben
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