| From: | "Steve Slatcher" <steve_slatcher(at)scientia(dot)com> |
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| To: | <pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL and Cygwin as production database |
| Date: | 2002-04-16 16:12:53 |
| Message-ID: | 0d1101c1e561$900a0a10$66b7d8c2@harris |
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> Anyway, I wonder why one would run pgsql on MS W32 when GNU/Linux or
> BSD are simpler and run faster and more reliably with less hardware.
I am not sure how relevant it is to this forum, but because it has come up a
couple of times.... It is because there *may* be a requirement to run Windows
apps on the same machine. And because the staff supporting it are more
familiar with Windows (though the requirement for Cygwin is clearly a
negative here). Why use PostgreSQL? It is free, a proper multi-user DB,
and (unlike MySQL) implements SQL sufficiently well.
I am not saying all these are totally compelling arguments - but FWIW that is
the background for my question. My current feeling is that there probably
*are* better solutions than Cygwin/PostrgreSQL.
Steve
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