Re: PostgreSQL vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft

Randolf Richardson wrote:

>>  While this doesn't exactly answer your question, I use this little
>>  tidbit of information when "selling" people on PostgreSQL.  PostgreSQL
>>  was chosen over Oracle as the database to handle all of the .org TLDs
>>  information.  ...
>
>         Do you have a link for that information?  I've told a few people about
> this and one PostgreSQL advocate (thanks to me -- they were going to be a
> Microsoft shop before that) is asking.

Of course you could read their application when they were competing
with a bunch of other companies using databases from different vendors.

I believe this is the link to their response to the database
  questions...

http://www.icann.org/tlds/org/questions-to-applicants-13.htm#Response13TheInternetSocietyISOC