From: | Lamar Owen <lowen(at)pari(dot)edu> |
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To: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> |
Cc: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: A dubious claim to fame ... |
Date: | 2004-02-20 17:02:58 |
Message-ID: | 200402201202.58397.lowen@pari.edu |
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On Thursday 19 February 2004 04:06 pm, Robert Treat wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 12:51, Lamar Owen wrote:
> > When you say "include us" you do mean as part of the press release,
> > right? Red Hat has included PostgreSQL to program in all their OS
> > releases since Red Hat 5.0. RHEL AS 3 includes the PostgreSQL code (the
> > Red Hat enhanced version).
> Well certainly as part of their press release but even in other areas
> their support has been shoddy at best. RHEL didn't include any rpms for
> postgresql on the server side when it was first released
WS and ES did not inlude the server side; AS did.
And they are available for download.
> only later was it added to RHN. Even now if you look on their "available
> application list" you'll see a couple of databases included, like DB2
> and MySQL, but I don't see PostgreSQL on that list.
> http://www.redhat.com/solutions/migration/applist_chart.html
This list appears to be third-party apps, which PostgreSQL isn't. For Red
Hat, PostgreSQL is a first-party app.
> BTW - Don't get me wrong, I use Red Hat for some of my production
> servers and am currently running it at home, but they have been less
> vocal in their support of postgresql than I would like to see. I
> certainly don't begrudge them because I would rather they contribute
> developers than press releases anyway, but I also think you have to give
> SCO points for what they have done as well.
For a long time, Red Hat's installation program (anaconda) listed a whole
section 'SQL server'. This was, of course, PostgreSQL, and not MySQL.
My speculation is that they don't want Oracle to get mad at them.
But see
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/waf/rhea-ig-waf-en-6.0/ch-pre-install.html
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Lamar Owen
Director of Information Technology
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
1 PARI Drive
Rosman, NC 28772
(828)862-5554
www.pari.edu
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