Re: Articles in French

What strikes me about the articles is they highlight the lack of highly
trained people and how that makes a difference in their choice of
opensource:

<<Le fonctionnement presque autonome de MySQL et l'absence de formation
de nos administrateurs sont deux gains bien réels>>




Francois Suter wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Here is a list of articles related to PostgreSQL that were published
> in French towards the end of last year.
>
> This one is a summary of the 7.4 press release. It's short, but very
> positive.
>
> http://www.01net.com/article/224213.html
>
> Apparently a much longer version complete with screenshots of one of
> the GUI tools appeared in the paper version of the magazine, but I
> haven't seen it.
>
> Before that, the same magazine ran a comparative test of 4 open-source
> DBs for Windows. The version tested for PostgreSQL was 7.3. Here are
> the different parts of the article.
>
> http://www.01net.com/article/223485_a.html
> http://www.01net.com/article/223205.html
> http://www.01net.com/article/223486.html
> http://www.01net.com/article/223489.html
>
> To sum it up, MySQL was considered to be easiest to install by a wide
> margin (8.6 / 10 compared to 4.7 / 10 for PostgreSQL, the main
> reproach being having to install Cygwin first). In the "features
> richness" category PostgreSQL beat the other hands down, same for
> respect of standards. Last category was "community", where MySQL again
> fared better. It is worth mentioning that although small (and I would
> "because it is small"), the PostgreSQL community was found to be
> reactive and helpful.
>
> And then there's a general article about companies adopting OS DBs:
>
> http://www.01net.com/article/221646.html
>
> PostgreSQL is mentioned alongside MySQL, but the terms are quite
> flattering.
>
> Cheers.
>
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