Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-28 Thread Michael Paquier
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:25 AM, wrote: > Thank you Wolfgang, just one question, what "bio" means? In the part that > says "69 bio EUR..." > In this case, billions. -- Michael

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-27 Thread ocalderon
ay 2013 17:15:41 To: Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies > Even with that, some clients are being encouraged to change to > PostgreSQL to lower their companies costs in technologies, but very > often they ask if there are success stories of

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-27 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> Even with that, some clients are being encouraged to change to > PostgreSQL to lower their companies costs in technologies, but very > often they ask if there are success stories of PostgreSQL > implementations in companies in our region or around the world, > success stories (if is possible) wit

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-24 Thread Karl Denninger
On 5/24/2013 10:49 AM, Merlin Moncure wrote: > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Scott Marlowe > wrote: >> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Bèrto ëd Sèra >> wrote: >>> The Greater London Authority is also ditching Oracle in favour of PG. I >>> consulted them while they kick started their trans

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-24 Thread Merlin Moncure
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Scott Marlowe wrote: > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Bèrto ëd Sèra wrote: >> The Greater London Authority is also ditching Oracle in favour of PG. I >> consulted them while they kick started their transition and the first new >> PG/PostGIS only project is alre

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-24 Thread Atri Sharma
> > > "Ms. Gelhausen is quite correct that these are important > capabilities, finally available with the release of Oracle9i. We > applaud Oracle's continued efforts to close the gap and stay > competitive with this, and other open source database features." > > Burrrn! > Apply ice to a

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-24 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 12:56 AM, Scott Marlowe wrote: > In addition to the other places mentioned, don't forget that the .info > and .org TLDs run on pgsql. and run quite well too. Oracle tossed a > LOT of FUD when Afilias put in their bid to run the TLD on postgresql. > It was actually quite pat

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-24 Thread Ian Lawrence Barwick
2013/5/25 Scott Marlowe : > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Bèrto ëd Sèra wrote: >> The Greater London Authority is also ditching Oracle in favour of PG. I >> consulted them while they kick started their transition and the first new >> PG/PostGIS only project is already delivered. The number of c

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-24 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Bèrto ëd Sèra wrote: > The Greater London Authority is also ditching Oracle in favour of PG. I > consulted them while they kick started their transition and the first new > PG/PostGIS only project is already delivered. The number of companies > ditching Oracle is p

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-24 Thread Bèrto ëd Sèra
The Greater London Authority is also ditching Oracle in favour of PG. I consulted them while they kick started their transition and the first new PG/PostGIS only project is already delivered. The number of companies ditching Oracle is probably much larger than it seems, giving the dynamics in salar

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-24 Thread Scott Marlowe
In addition to the other places mentioned, don't forget that the .info and .org TLDs run on pgsql. and run quite well too. Oracle tossed a LOT of FUD when Afilias put in their bid to run the TLD on postgresql. It was actually quite pathetic. Here's the comments from Oracle: http://forum.icann.org/

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-24 Thread Oscar Calderon
Yes, i'm agree with you. What i tried to say was that, here in my country, Oracle support is very extended in the largest companies of the country, and those companies trusts that Oracle is a highly scalable and robust database, what is absolutely true, but they think that PostgreSQL is something l

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-24 Thread Scott Marlowe
Also it's worth noting that there are no reporting / licensing requirements for postgresql. It's all over the place, and you just don't see it. My last company we had a 400G user database serving some 2million students daily, and were seriously pounding a pair of $25k db servers to handle the load.

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-24 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 11:52 PM, wrote: > Thank you all of you for your answers! It helps me a lot because when I'm > trying to convince a client to migrate to PostgreSQL sometimes they think > that because it's free, it only works for small databases for web or desktop > applications with a

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-24 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Oscar Calderon wrote: > I think that in my country is more common to hear success stories like that > about other databases like Oracle because is more expanded here, but i > would like if there's a place or if you can share with me some real > experiences or success stories that you ever heard of

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-24 Thread ocalderon
rom: Shaun Thomas To: Mike Christensen Cc: Steve Crawford Cc: Oscar Calderon Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org ReplyTo: stho...@optionshouse.com Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies Sent: May 24, 2013 7:40 AM On 05/23/2013 09:57 PM, Mike Christe

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-24 Thread Shaun Thomas
On 05/23/2013 09:57 PM, Mike Christensen wrote: I don't know about name-recognition in El Salvador but Etsy, Wisconsin Courts, Skype, Affilias, FlightAware, NTT are quite recognizable here. Don't forget Instagram. :) We're not quite that size, but our financial PG system peaks at

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-23 Thread Nathan Clayton
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Steve Crawford < scrawf...@pinpointresearch.com> wrote: > On 05/23/2013 02:36 PM, Oscar Calderon wrote: > >> Hi, this question isn't technical, but is very important for me to know. >> Currently, here in El Salvador our company brings PostgreSQL support, but >> Ora

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-23 Thread Mike Christensen
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Steve Crawford < scrawf...@pinpointresearch.com> wrote: > On 05/23/2013 02:36 PM, Oscar Calderon wrote: > >> Hi, this question isn't technical, but is very important for me to know. >> Currently, here in El Salvador our company brings PostgreSQL support, but >> Ora

Re: [GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-23 Thread Steve Crawford
On 05/23/2013 02:36 PM, Oscar Calderon wrote: Hi, this question isn't technical, but is very important for me to know. Currently, here in El Salvador our company brings PostgreSQL support, but Oracle and SQL Server are more popular here. Even with that, some clients are being encouraged to cha

[GENERAL] Success stories of PostgreSQL implementations in different companies

2013-05-23 Thread Oscar Calderon
Hi, this question isn't technical, but is very important for me to know. Currently, here in El Salvador our company brings PostgreSQL support, but Oracle and SQL Server are more popular here. Even with that, some clients are being encouraged to change to PostgreSQL to lower their companies costs i