Re: Sun and SAP invest in Greenplum

On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 10:54 -0800, Richard Broersma Jr wrote:
> --- On Tue, 1/22/08, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> wrote:
>
> > http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/greenplum-takes-27-million-series-c/
> > > >
> > > > Note quote from Jonathan Schwartz about
> > commitment to PostgreSQL.
>
> In what ways does the investment in Greenplum translates into support for the PostgreSQL project?
>
> I only ask because I don't much about the relationship that GreenPlum has with the project.

Greenplum have sponsored me in the past, from which we got Partitioning
and some major Sort improvements, as well as research into faster
loading. Greenplum engineers have provided a number of performance fixes
as well, mainly around the loading mechanisms. They've also provided
sponsorship for conferences and meetings, all very important.

For 8.4 we have some commitments to further development of partitioning,
plus hopes that bitmap indexes will be reworked for inclusion. With the
additional funding, I think we'll see those things happen.

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Simon Riggs
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