Re: [GENERAL] Future of PostgreSQL

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David Warnock <david(at)sundayta(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Future of PostgreSQL
Date: 2000-01-04 19:38:57
Message-ID: 200001041938.OAA20470@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Bruce,
>
> > Interbase users are considering moving en-mass to PostgreSQL
>
> Inprise have just announced that they are making Interbase 6 available
> as open source. But no information yet on License or on how they are
> going to support it. I am not confident they can recruit enough
> volunteers and am confident that it will take a loong while to become an
> efficient Open Source team that is confidently developing the code.
>
> > Publishers are crawling all over each other to publish a PostgreSQL book
>
> This would be a really good thing.
>
> > My big question is, what new challenges will we face as we become more
> > popular?
>
> I think the overriding emphasis has been clearly stressed as stability
> and reliability way ahead of anything else.
>
> After that features which can help stability, reliability and speed (eg
> transaction logs).
>
> After that I am not so worried about much apart from support for Win9x
> (as I have mentioned just once or twice).
>

Seems this is the general consensus, and this has been our order of
priorities from day 1, so it looks like we are OK and heading on the
right course.

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