From: stevesusenet@... (Steve)
Date: 2004-05-12T19:59:00+09:00
Subject: Re: What so special about PostgreSQL and other RDBMS?

Daniel Morgan <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1083695957.163784@yasure>...
> Sarah Tanembaum wrote:
> 
> > Beside its an opensource and supported by community, what's the fundamental
> > differences between PostgreSQL and those high-price commercial database (and
> > some are bloated such as Oracle) from software giant such as Microsoft SQL
> > Server, Oracle, and Sybase?
> > 
> > Is PostgreSQL reliable enough to be used for high-end commercial
> > application? Thanks
> 
> PostgreSQL is highly overrated and not suitable for any environment
> where little things like crash recovery and security are a priority.

What database does Google use?

Steve