Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [PERFORM] [ADMIN] Postgres VS Oracle

2007-06-19 Thread Jim Nasby
Can we please trim this down to just advocacy? On Jun 18, 2007, at 1:17 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: Jonah H. Harris wrote: On 6/18/07, Andreas Kostyrka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As a cynic, I might ask, what Oracle is fearing? As a realist, I might ask, how many times do we have to answer th

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [PERFORM] [ADMIN] Postgres VS Oracle

2007-06-18 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jonah H. Harris wrote: > Certainly, but can one expect to get a realistic answer to an, "is > Oracle fearing something" question on he PostgreSQL list? Or was it > just a backhanded attempt at pushing the topic again? My vote is for > the latter; i

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [PERFORM] [ADMIN] Postgres VS Oracle

2007-06-18 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jonah H. Harris wrote: > > All of us have noticed the anti-MySQL bashing based on problems with > MySQL 3.23... Berkus and others (including yourself, if I am correct), > have corrected people on not making invalid comparisons against > ancient vers

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [PERFORM] [ADMIN] Postgres VS Oracle

2007-06-18 Thread Jonah H. Harris
On 6/18/07, Joshua D. Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yeah funny how you didn't do that ;) (of course neither did I). I agree, an oops on my part :) It is amazing how completely misguided you are in this response. I haven't said anything closed minded. I only responded to your rather antagon

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [PERFORM] [ADMIN] Postgres VS Oracle

2007-06-18 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Jonah H. Harris wrote: On 6/18/07, Joshua D. Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Depends? How many times are you going to antagonize the people that ask? As many times as necessary. Funny how the anti-proprietary-database arguments can continue forever and no one brings up the traditional RTFM-l

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [PERFORM] [ADMIN] Postgres VS Oracle

2007-06-18 Thread Jonah H. Harris
On 6/18/07, Joshua D. Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Depends? How many times are you going to antagonize the people that ask? As many times as necessary. Funny how the anti-proprietary-database arguments can continue forever and no one brings up the traditional RTFM-like response of, "hey, t

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [PERFORM] [ADMIN] Postgres VS Oracle

2007-06-18 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Jonah H. Harris wrote: On 6/18/07, Andreas Kostyrka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As a cynic, I might ask, what Oracle is fearing? As a realist, I might ask, how many times do we have to answer this type of anti-commercial-database flamewar-starting question? Depends? How many times are you goi