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On 26/09/2012 05:10, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
>> SQL? ... it's time to sell your shares in Oracle.
>
> Ehh, I wouldn't be investing in Oracle, but that's more because I
> think free RDBMSes like PostgreSQL outshine it. And this is even more
> true of MS SQL Server - this last week I've been researching options
> for moving work's services to the cloud, and SQL Server licenses cost
> ridiculous amounts (per month or per hour); what do you get for that
> money that you can't get from Postgres?
>
> ChrisA
>

Maybe true but do free RDBMes have the sales and marketing budgets that 
effectively shot down Ingres?

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.