Re: Which database part 2

From: Richard Schilling <rschilling(at)nationalinformatics(dot)net>
To: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Which database part 2
Date: 2003-06-16 20:10:10
Message-ID: 20030616201010.GI2100@foghorn.rsmba.biz
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Didn't know they made the switch - but, my intuition tells me it has to
do with the fact that Sourceforge has for some time sold a proprietary
version of the software, and "partnering" with IBM would help make sure
the revenue stream for that version of the product remains in tact.

No worries - when PostgreSQL eventually outperforms DB2 there won't
have been any reason for switching.

--Richard Schilling

On 2003.06.16 11:38 scott.marlowe wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> > Kaarel,
> >
> > > Why did SourceForge.net move from PostgreSQL to DB2?
> >
> > Perhaps because VA Software made a multi-million dollar deal with
> IBM?
> > <grin>
> >
> > (Actually, I know as a VA stockholder that that was one of the
> > conditions of the IBM deal)
>
> As a followup to this, I, and many of my friends, noticed that
> sourceforge's search capability was much more limited and much slower
> after converting.
>
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