Re: PostgreSQL rebranding

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Ron Mayer <rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com>
Cc: Lukas Kahwe Smith <smith(at)pooteeweet(dot)org>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL rebranding
Date: 2006-08-30 18:24:06
Message-ID: 200608301824.k7UIO6k21646@momjian.us
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Should we have this information on our web site somewhere?

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Ron Mayer wrote:
> Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:
> >
> > I am collecting a list of PostgreSQL rebrands.
> >
> > So far I have the following:
> >
> > Illustra, EnterpriseDB, Bizgres, BizgresMPP, Mammoth, Red Hat Database,
> > Netezza, parACCEL
>
>
>
> Sun's "Thumper" [1] arguably counts at least as much as Netezza does,
> in that they're both hardware appliances derived more or less from PostgreSQL.
>
> And not sure if you'd count domain specific apps built on postgresql
> like Cisco's CSR / Carrier-Sensitive Routing product[2]. If you
> count that there are probably dozens of similar products that are
> built on top of a bundled postgresql.
>
> Fujitsu's FSP (Fujitsu Supported PostgreSQL) [3] should probably be
> added to your list. This one's a useful one to remember when you
> encounter a pointy-haired boss that wants support from a large
> company - you wouldn't want to trust your business to a database that's
> only supported by little companies like Oracle, would you? :-)
> I think like Netezza they heavily modified postgresql; in this case
> with their own storage manager.
>
>
> [1]http://www.techworld.com/storage/features/index.cfm?featureid=2738
> [2]http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/voice/csr/usergd/ver1_1/csrover.pdf
> [3]http://www.fastware.com/postgresql.html
>
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