[olug] Fwd: FW: Start the new year early - begin your Postgres certification now!

Thu Dec 16 14:44:23 UTC 2010

Mysql runs on ms products too.

On Dec 16, 2010, at 3:00 AM, Don Kauffman <dekauff at cox.net> wrote:

> I don't know about y'all but I found this section illuminating:
>
> "This webcast will provide you with the business and technical reasons
> why making a move to Postgres from MySQL makes good sense now. It will
> demonstrate a step-by-step method for converting existing databases to
> Postgres from Microsoft MySQL Server, and also provide recommendations
> for how to easily move very large SQL Server databases to Postgres."
>
> Methinks this was written by a marketer who doesn't understand Open
> Source else they would know there is a difference between MS SQL server
> and MySQL,
>
> Oi vey!
>
> Don
>
> PS: Unless there's something going on that I haven't heard about lately?
>
>
> On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 22:37 -0600, Adam Haeder wrote:
>> I didn't even know there was a PostgreSQL certification
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Sent: Wed 12/15/2010 1:48 PM
>> To: Adam Haeder
>> Subject: Start the new year early - begin your Postgres certification now!
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