Is Win32 port good for operational use?

From: Antonios Christofides <anthony(at)itia(dot)ntua(dot)gr>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Is Win32 port good for operational use?
Date: 2004-10-04 10:19:14
Message-ID: 20041004101914.GA2761@itia.ntua.gr
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Hi,

I know we will be using at our own risk, I have read the
"experimental" warnings, but still PostgreSQL is a very attractive
RDBMS for the Windows application we are developing. Most customers
will want a simple single-machine version, where the program will be
storing its data in a local database without the user knowing much
about it. Some customers will want a central database and will
probably be given the option to choose between PostgreSQL and Oracle.
The problem is to choose the RDBMS for the single-machine, single-user
version.

What if we have crashes or other critical bugs? Should we expect
reasonable support from the developers in such cases? Is the number
of Win32 developers decent? I mean, the Win32 project is not, I hope,
supported by one or two key people and would go down if they decided
to become sailors instead? :-)

Needless to say, the developers will have all kind of help from us in
tracking down important bugs, even access to our machines if
necessary.

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