Re: Sourceforge moving to DB2

Hi Tommi,

Tommi Maekitalo wrote:
>
<snip>
> The other side is responsiblity. If you choose DB2 IBM is responsable for it.
> What if some day your data get corrupted? IBM will help you (for money of
> course, but they must). On PostgreSQL you are more or less on your own. There
> is no so strong commercial support.

That pretty much summed it up.  :)

The "There is no so strong commercial support", is changing really fast
though.

LibertyRMS, the guys who manage the .info namespace with replicated
PostgreSQL servers, use the support services of a large PostgreSQL
support company and are very happy with it.  :)

PostgreSQL support companies just haven't marketed themselves widely is
all.  :-(

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift


> These points do not belong just to Sourceforge, but these are arguments for
> choosing one database or the other.
>
> Tommi


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