Five reasons why you should never use PostgreSQL. Ever.

Posted by Herschel_Cohen on Mar 15, 2006 4:59 AM EDT
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Within the past two years, Oracle, IBM and Microsoft have all released freely available versions of their flagship database servers, a move that would have been unheard of just a few years ago. While their respective representatives would argue the move was made in order to better accommodate the needs of all users, it's fairly clear that continued pressure from open source alternatives such as MySQL and PostgreSQL have caused these database juggernauts to rethink their strategies within this increasingly competitive market.

While PostgreSQL's adoption rate continues to accelerate, why that rate isn't even steeper is somewhat puzzling given its impressive array of features. One can speculate ...

[ED: The points look like an attack, the content gives the facts (real, not the phony sort MS provides) - actual reasons to use these databases. - HC]

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