| From: | Jean-Michel POURE <jm(dot)poure(at)freesurf(dot)fr> |
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| To: | Richard Chrenko <richard(at)solarenergy(dot)ch>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL the right choice? |
| Date: | 2002-03-14 08:25:33 |
| Message-ID: | 200203140825.g2E8PXVc010331@www1.translationforge |
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Le Mercredi 13 Mars 2002 07:55, Richard Chrenko a écrit :
> MySQL looks like it's free until you want to bundle it with a commercial
> application, at which time license fees are required. What is the
> situation with PostgreSQL?
PostgreSQL is completely free for commercial and non-commercial use. pgAdmin2
(http://pgadmin.postgresql.org), PostgreSQL Windows administration interface
is completely free.
> Given that we have a Java application and don't have the manpower to
> port a DBMS, what are the platforms on which PostgreSQL is currently
> stable?
PostgreSQL is the most stable Open-source database available.
> Is it possible to deploy PostgreSQL via an installer program, then
> automatically run a script to generate the tables and populate them with
> data from flat files?
Linux : PostgreSQL 7.2can be deployed via RPM (see PostgreSQL FTP in
/binaries).
Windows : PostgreSQL 7.2 is included in Cygwin installer
(http://www.cygwin.com).
An interactive doc is available from http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/.
Cheers,
Jean-Michel POURE
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