Re: [ADMIN] FoxPro Vs. PostgreSQL

Hi,

Sai Hertz And Control Systems wrote:

 Dear Ivan  ,

Hello all ,

I am a OpenSource S/W developer and my clients are from remote part of
Himachal Pradesh India.
I am providing my clients,
software
Build on PostgreSQL 7.3.x  as backed
and yes , they (clients) ought to  save a lot while using my software as
it runs on Linux

Not in all cases :). Probably you will pay much more for linux support.

I Smell burned Fingers :-D 
Please share your experience as this will help me a bit .

Ok,pg advantages (depends from the application also):
- triggers (you can write it also in "C". It will be fast and is not possible for FoxPro).
- user defined data types
- support (the mailing list is supper. You will have the best possible support and bug fix ).
- support very good the SQL spec.
- fast (if you can write good SQL).
- you can use it for very big db-s.
- cost. I will compare the cost with oracle, not with FoxPro.And Pg is free.

FoxPro advantages (and pg disadvantages):
- you can run it on win 98, win 2K and so on. So you can use it also for small apps. It will change when native port for pg arrives.
- MS marketing.
- integrated visual tools and dev. tools. It is good for small apps. only.

 

To Add More :
My Clients are Agriculture Banks and cannot afford the M$ tools. and yes
all the Win98 installation on their computers are
pirated.

I think you can do nothink for it and it is not your problem.

Problem may be not mine but I can at least make someone concern to it.
Why I am saying so is , because piracy fighters have pushed many to Open Source :-* 

Regards,
V Kashyap

Regards,ivan.