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That's actually rather accurate..
The open source databases (I don't like to really paint them all with one brush, but..) generally are missing some of the high end features that are available on Oracle and DB2 in particular.

Not sure how up to date this is (just googled for something of little relation and came up with this page), but here's a comparison:
http://www-css.fnal.gov/dsg/external/freeware/mysql-vs-pgsql.html
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Sad...  happyharry_z | 10/29/05
Not true.  maldain | 10/31/05
Pointless  JP_999 ZDNet Moderator | 10/29/05
No Competition  schoinard | 10/31/05
Pointless  JP_999 ZDNet Moderator | 10/29/05
And crack dealers to give out first hit for free  Boot_Agnostic | 10/30/05
Oracle learned early  BrianGrimm | 10/31/05
ZDNET Knock it OFF  yyuko@... | 10/30/05
That's actually rather accurate..  d_jedi | 10/30/05
So other than testing...  lawryll@... | 10/31/05
Actually there is a good reason to go with this  maldain | 10/31/05
Worthless as Enterprise dev or test DB.  hulse_kevin | 10/31/05
you don't need to pay for license on Dev DB  roytmaned | 10/31/05
Depends  IT Scion | 10/31/05
Not entirely correct but close  voska | 10/31/05
You're right but  IT Scion | 10/31/05
Oracle's protecting it's market  krehbiel | 10/31/05
But what about when you grow...  greekfire | 11/01/05
(NT)LOL at all the people comparing Oracle to MySQL  toadlife | 10/31/05
Laugh at Larry then.  hulse_kevin | 10/31/05
A 4gb Disk??  xkmail | 10/31/05
with 4GB of disk memory  voska | 10/31/05
I think it means...  lawryll@... | 10/31/05
Sounds a lot like MSDE then  voska | 11/01/05
I think it means...  lawryll@... | 10/31/05
DB Size  greekfire | 11/01/05
A 4gb Disk??  xkmail | 10/31/05
Why would I decrease my profits to use Oracle???  AldoWatts | 10/31/05
What free  IT Scion | 10/31/05
Hmm...  greekfire | 11/01/05
Pure vendor FUD  AldoWatts | 11/18/05
Oracle's smart tactics  joemartn | 11/01/05

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