Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 09:45:37 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Performance benchmarks pitting FreeBSD against Windows Message-ID: <20081205164537.GD25258@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <200812051426.51597.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> References: <0016e64ca7d690e38f045d45227d@google.com> <20081205130950.W1635@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081205075818.0dac4e82@scorpio> <200812051426.51597.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
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--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--
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