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The government doesn't use SQL (programming.dev)
submitted 1 week ago by suy@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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See the post on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/provisionalidea.bsky.social/post/3lhujtm2qkc2i

According to many comments, the US government DOES use SQL, and Musk is not understanding much what's going on.

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[–] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Spinnaker? MongoDB? EnterpriseDB?

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If Oracle works for the application and you want to save money, you’ll stick to SQL. Probably Postgres, MySQL, or MariaDB.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All of those are open source, so nothing to sell really (well, except MySQL, which is Oracle).

EnterpriseDB is the closest you can get to "selling" Postgres.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m sure EDB isn’t the only one in town selling support contracts for open source applications. It is a lucrative business.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Not the only one, but the closest one.