Re:Yandex.Mail's successful migration from Oracle to Postgre...
by d0uble on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @04:57AM
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Nobody argues that Oracle is a very good database. But 3x more hardware and 10 man-years are an order of magnitude cheaper than Oracle licencies cost (even with maximum discount).
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Re:Yandex.Mail's successful migration from Oracle to Postgre...
by blinkingled on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @07:07AM
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Yes that's the point I was trying to make. Licenses and support are an ongoing cost and from what I keep hearing oracle has increased them significantly in recent years.