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Ten Good Reasons for a DBMS Strategy Re-Think (Open)

[Posted February 19, 2003 by cook]

Open gives ten good reasons to consider using open-source database systems. "In a go-slow economy, CIOs are under pressure to leave no old assumptions unexamined, including their choice of database systems. As ubiquitous, 24 x7 e-business and demand for instantly updated information only heighten the focus on good database planning, CEOs and CFOs are questioning if it's worth paying steep licensing fees and support costs."

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Posted Feb 20, 2003 14:33 UTC (Thu) by rwmj (guest, #5474) [Link]

After spending 3-4 hours yesterday trying to export and import a database from one Oracle server to another, I have to ask:

Is Oracle ready for the enterprise?

The sorts of things which are simple - indeed a joy to do in PostgreSQL, are clunky, slow and buggy in Oracle.

Rich.