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Re: [GENERAL] Why PostgreSQL is better than other commerial softwares?

Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: chen6178@hotmail.com (Albert Chen)
Cc: pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-12-17T16:10:22Z
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> Hi,
> 
> I'm using FreeBSD and PostgreSQL 6.4. I tell my advisor
> to try PostgreSQL, but he said:"Why PostgreSQL is better 
> than other commercial softwares? If you could give me
> ten reasons, and I will give it a try."
> Would anyone tell me what's reason you like Postgres.
> Because it's free, powerful and have others, thanks.

I'll take a crack at it:

	Object-relational
	User-etensible
	Interfaces to many languages
	Nice client tools like psql and pgaccess
	Full source code
	Quick mailing list support
	Learn internals of database engine
	Frequent upgrades
	Support for many platforms
	Free
	

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