Re: A newbie's opinion - postgres NEEDS a Windows binary!

"Brent R. Matzelle" <bmatzelle(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> ... This is what makes a port a
> major difficulty and would set the PostgreSQL team back months to
> years in development time. IMHO it is much more important to
> increase the functionality, stability, and speed of the *NIX version.

This is really pretty much the bottom line in this discussion (which
we've had many times before, BTW). Certainly a native Windows version
could be done --- but the amount of work required seems out of all
proportion to the benefit, especially when compared to what else might
be accomplished with the same amount of work.

There are other considerations involved, notably a cordial dislike of
all things Microsoft among some of the key developers, but what it comes
down to is that most of the people who might have the ability to do this
would rather spend their time and energy elsewhere.

regards, tom lane