Can anybody tell me if usage of FireBird or PostgreSql can by used in a small e-mail payment or 1000 kiosk-terminal server's data management , which will mainly process very important financial data like balances, payment transactions ... ????? which open-source database server you will suggest in my case? I don't like MS SQL because its from Microsoft. oracle is tooooooooooooooooo costy for us... Can somebody professionally argue for PostgreSQL or for Firebird to be used in a pay-pal like payment server ....
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see the url for comparison:
seems that postgresql has the upperhand based on the given comparison charts.
R van Rijn
2010-01-21 22:36:13
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Firebird is very good database : I use it every day and my customers are quite happy with it.
You can get more information on Firebird News
Here an older post about Firebird and PostGresSQL
Hugues Van Landeghem
2010-01-21 22:37:01
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Justn an example :Firebird/RDB supported by the largest banking software maker in Russia
http://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=4055
So i guess it can be used without issues for very important financial data like balances, payment transactions
Firebird it's easier to administrate than postgresql and it does have various linux ports (ubuntu,fedora,debian) if you need n secure os (selinux)
Mariuz
2010-01-22 16:28:31