Oracle vs. PostgreSQL: First Glance

Re:Oracle vs. PostgreSQL: First Glance by MrHamdulay on Monday May 04, 2020 @08:55AM (#23067406)

Why are the table and field names in the examples between Oracle and PostgreSQL different? It makes it harder to compare the two.

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Re:Oracle vs. PostgreSQL: First Glance by zozbot234 on Monday May 04, 2020 @09:23AM (#23067727)

IIRC, Oracle licensing forbids publishing direct comparisons with competing products. I guess they had to find a workaround.

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Re:Oracle vs. PostgreSQL: First Glance by defnotashton2 on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:44AM (#23068660)

This kind of model speaks to who actually buys it, I would never pay for a product with such limitations out of principle.

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Re:Oracle vs. PostgreSQL: First Glance by paulmd on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:25PM (#23069976)

Microsoft SQL Server has the same clause in their license, unfortunately.

https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2018/05/the-dewitt-clause-...

So, you wouldn't be considering any commercial SQL offering, basically.

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Re:Oracle vs. PostgreSQL: First Glance by jordigh on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:13AM (#23068286)

I wish antitrust legislation in the US was brought back or enforced. Forbidding direct comparisons is an anticompetitive practice if I've ever seen one.

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Re:Oracle vs. PostgreSQL: First Glance by ajuc on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:56AM (#23069539)

In my headcanon Dilbert works at Oracle.

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