Kevin Closson wrote a few articles about this. Maybe you've already read them, but just in case... http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/nearly-free-or-not-gridsql-for-enterprisedb-is-simply-better-than-real-application-clusters-it-is-shared-nothing-architecture-after-all/ On 9/5/07, Ben Poels <ben.poels@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I know many people have mentioned in the past that they find Postgres a > viable alternative to Oracle for many uses. Now there is EnterpriseDb > which > is based on Postgres but takes it one step further and claims it is Oracle > compatible. It even has range partitioning w/o the extra $$$. They are > touting FTD, Vonage and Sony's gaming division as major users. > > Is anyone using EnterpriseDB for there non-critical databases to save > money > on licensing? If you are, how accurate are the compatibility claims? I > know > it doesn't support XMLTYPE and private synonyms for instance. Anyone done > any benchmarks? > > Ben > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Jeremy Schneider Chicago, IL http://www.ardentperf.com/category/technical
