| From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | chen6178(at)hotmail(dot)com (Albert Chen) |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] Why PostgreSQL is better than other commerial softwares? |
| Date: | 1998-12-17 16:10:22 |
| Message-ID: | 199812171610.LAA13837@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Hi,
>
> I'm using FreeBSD and PostgreSQL 6.4. I tell my advisor
> to try PostgreSQL, but he said:"Why PostgreSQL is better
> than other commercial softwares? If you could give me
> ten reasons, and I will give it a try."
> Would anyone tell me what's reason you like Postgres.
> Because it's free, powerful and have others, thanks.
I'll take a crack at it:
Object-relational
User-etensible
Interfaces to many languages
Nice client tools like psql and pgaccess
Full source code
Quick mailing list support
Learn internals of database engine
Frequent upgrades
Support for many platforms
Free
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