| From: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> |
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| To: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Cc: | "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Seth Grimes" <grimes(at)altaplana(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL derivatives |
| Date: | 2008-06-06 23:58:39 |
| Message-ID: | 200806061958.40179.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net |
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On Friday 06 June 2008 18:32:23 Jonah H. Harris wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Seth Grimes <grimes(at)altaplana(dot)com> wrote:
> > My understanding is that the MPP vendors using PostgreSQL and Ingres are
> > not *significantly* altering the software other than to, essentially,
> > turn off reliance on indexes. They're then adding extensions that are
> > proprietary and not, except in the case of GridSQL, open source. Is my
> > understanding correct?
>
> We make closed-source changes related to the Postgres core related to
> performance and Oracle compatibility. But, while these changes are
> fairly significant, they do not prevent us from laying over a newer
> version of Postgres. Similarly, as you mentioned, GridSQL is fully
> open source.
>
Note that GridSQL, while it works with postgres, was developed completely
seperate and independently from postgresql.
--
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
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