| From: | "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Seth Grimes" <grimes(at)altaplana(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL derivatives |
| Date: | 2008-06-06 22:32:23 |
| Message-ID: | 36e682920806061532x2e40693eucca272d38347c33f@mail.gmail.com |
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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.
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