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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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