PostgreSQL 8.3 Features To Be Available After Labor Day
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| Josh Berkus, a PostgreSQL developer who recently conducted a benchmark of
| PostgreSQL vs. Oracle for Sun Microsystems, said bit-mapped indexes intended
| for this release will be in a future release.
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http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201803375
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EnterpriseDB releases PostgreSQL distribution
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| Jay Lyman, an analyst with The 451 Group, said the improved packaging and
| 10-minute installation time EnterpriseDB is claiming are impressive. "Still,
| MySQL is the open-source database of choice for many developers and that will
| likely continue," he said.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070807/tc_infoworld/90810
PostgreSQL or MySQL: Which is faster?
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| It's easy to find benchmarks that favor one database over another,
| depending on the hardware, the configuration and the test. One database
| might do better on a single-core machine with little memory, while
| another can take better advantage of scaling to multiple core processors.
| One might lead on reads while another leads on writes.
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| * This MySQL vs. Postgres demonstrates MySQL is faster.
| * Benchw results shows PostgreSQL as being faster.
| * The Windows Skills blog shows MySQL is faster.
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http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid39_gci1252003,00.html
PostgreSQL 8.2 Closes The Gap
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| The release is an effort to close the gap on a performance and
| functionality basis between PostgreSQL and its competitive
| proprietary counterparts such as Oracle, IBM's DB2 and Microsoft's
| SQL Server.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3647376
PostgreSQL vs. SQL Server, Oracle: Enterprise-ready and able to compete
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| Why are you paying so much in licensing costs and annual maintenance when
| you could use PostgreSQL for free, and get community support and upgrades
| for free as well? This is the question that Neil Matthew and Richard
| Stones pose to smaller companies regarding their less critical
| applications.
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http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid39_gci1222466,00.html
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