Re: Feedback on blog post about Replication Feature decision and its impact

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 6:21 AM, Dirk Riehle <dirk(at)riehle(dot)org> wrote:
> <a href="http://www.enterprisedb.com/">EnterpriseDB</a> is a well-funded
> database startup whose product builds on PostgreSQL. EnterpriseDB adds many
> "enterprise-readiness" features to the basic PostgreSQL product, including
> database replication, and much more. One might argue that it is not in the
> interest of EnterpriseDB to have replication added to PostgreSQL as it
> reduces the differentiation between the free community product and the more
> advanced commercial offering. Why pay for EnterpriseDB if you already get
> what you need from the free version? Won't adding replication to the core
> product reduce EnterpriseDBs sales? This tension seems only to get worse
> when you realize that EnterpriseDB employs several of the core developers of
> PostgreSQL, suggesting a direct conflict of interest when making decisions
> like whether to add replication or not.<p>

Having worked for EnterpriseDB for about three years now, and
understanding that there are several facets of our business model, I
can say that adding these types of features wouldn't hurt us at all.
In fact, they would make some of our work easier, and would be
welcomed.

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