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Open Source - A Blessing or a Curse?

on YouTube 38m
Talkat FOSSASIA Summit 2017 · 2017-03-17..03-19· [databases, open-source]

speaker

name:Michael Meskes
website:https://www.credativ.co.uk

resources

video:https://youtu.be/ArkH4pqi4Jc
slides:none on file

summary

Argues that PostgreSQL works in enterprise production with concrete examples: a Debian‑based spam/virus cluster running entirely on open source for 14 years with zero seconds downtime, a small retailer (≈600 shops) with a $150k migration and ROI in two months, another rollout of 1,800 databases with higher migration cost but payback within a year, claims faster security fixes in open source, warns about license/patent risk and the need for processes to track components, and says an Oracle DBA converts to Postgres in 3–5 days of training.

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chapters (5)

  1. 0:00Start
  2. 7:11Early Adoption
  3. 10:32Security
  4. 15:48Advantages for Using Open Source
  5. 19:08The Return on Investment

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