Performance benchmarks pitting FreeBSD against Windows

[Chad Perrin]

On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 02:26:50PM +0100, Mel wrote:
> 
> Well, one can find stories like this of course:
> http://www.postgis.org/documentation/casestudies/globexplorer/
> 
> But I'm sure one can find some of the contrary. It does show the value of the 
> benchmark: Is it economically viable to use configuration X vs Y, and 
> 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

. . . 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.

-- 
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."
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