From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 5 16:45:51 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76F30106564A for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2008 16:45:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-35.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-35.bluehost.com [69.89.18.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 43B548FC14 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2008 16:45:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 12029 invoked by uid 0); 5 Dec 2008 16:45:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 5 Dec 2008 16:45:48 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=IPYBExUkxlxyuQMJMVhbpEBR7DfP36ymXVREDreM6Z033aal17pcfgK0L2A0bOxs5l5V5zDwbz6lV88/G63kxh78IQ891mbJSjZxZQNX83RYaAJUlZqO+F/vOo7BwDnG; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kokopelli.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1L8doJ-0008N7-V8 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:45:48 -0700 Received: by kokopelli.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 5 Dec 2008 09:45:37 -0700 Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 09:45:37 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081205164537.GD25258@kokopelli.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <0016e64ca7d690e38f045d45227d@google.com> <20081205130950.W1635@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081205075818.0dac4e82@scorpio> <200812051426.51597.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="sgneBHv3152wZ8jf" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200812051426.51597.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: Performance benchmarks pitting FreeBSD against Windows X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:45:51 -0000 --sgneBHv3152wZ8jf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 02:26:50PM +0100, Mel wrote: >=20 > Well, one can find stories like this of course: > http://www.postgis.org/documentation/casestudies/globexplorer/ >=20 > But I'm sure one can find some of the contrary. It does show the value of= the=20 > benchmark: Is it economically viable to use configuration X vs Y, and=20 > performance is only one factor of the descision. Actually, the only other story that comes immediately to mind of a PostgreSQL vs. Oracle comparison is this one: http://www.enterprisedb.com/about/news_events/press_releases/06_27_07.do =2E . . so, in my experience at least, stories to the contrary are pretty hard to find. Of course, that seems to be more about PostgreSQL vs. Oracle than FreeBSD vs. MS Windows. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Thomas McCauley: "The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out." --sgneBHv3152wZ8jf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkk5WrAACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWCKACfaIw7sMKoV8YJyYadhUXuoLpl YEQAoNY90TGlSGEH5u9KYuOXxfNwXYL8 =D/hq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sgneBHv3152wZ8jf--