Re: commentds on redhats new database

On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 01:32:10AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Ross J. Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)rice(dot)edu> writes:
> >> could [a fork] potentially happen?
>
> > Sure, we're BSD, so they're under no obligation to share any code changes
> > with us.

>
> I really doubt that RedHat is silly enough to want to fork the code.
> They haven't forked Linux, gcc, gdb, etc, but have been upstanding
> contributors to all those projects; why would they do it differently
> with Postgres?

Hey, he did say _potentially_. I agree that it's not at all _likely_.

>
> > Haven't noticed many new @redhat.com email address over on HACKERS,
> > though, so I wonder if they've done much work on the core.
>
> Some folk at RedHat's Toronto offices are gearing up to contribute work;
> I was up there to talk with them just a couple weeks ago. They've not
> been real visible yet though ... (hey Patrick et al: if you're reading
> this, it's past time to introduce yourselves).

Sounds cool. The more the merrier, I say.

Ross