Bruce Momjian: Oracle Supports Postgres

At CloudWorld 2022, an Oracle executive announced support for a managed Postgres cloud service and an optimized version called Postgres Aries. Eleven months later, Oracle has announced limited availability of their Postgres cloud service, with full availability in December. (FYI, OCI in this article stands for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.) They even said some nice things about Postgres: PostgreSQL has long been a beacon in the open source database world. With over 35 years of rigorous development, it boasts an impressive track record for reliability, robust features, and performance. Highlighted by DB-engines, its rise in market share is a testament to its adaptable data model and diverse extensions catering to a variety of use cases. In general, companies only add products that have features that their existing products lack, and that seems to be the case here. Continue Reading »