| From: | mlw <markw(at)mohawksoft(dot)com> |
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| To: | Lee Kindness <lkindness(at)csl(dot)co(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | Jan Wieck <janwieck(at)yahoo(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: How much work is a native Windows application? |
| Date: | 2002-05-09 14:23:41 |
| Message-ID: | 3CDA866D.25E7FADF@mohawksoft.com |
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Lee Kindness wrote:
>
> Sure It'd be nice to have a native PostgreSQL on XP Server (I don't
> see the point in consumer level Microsoft OSs) but how high is the
> demand? What's the prize? What are the current limitations - fork,
> semaphores, ugly interface...?
The demand for PostgreSQL on Windows is currently as near to zero as you can
imagine. This is probably because there is no viable PostgreSQL on Windows.
If written correctly, a Win32 version of PostgreSQL would rock the Windows
world. I see no reason why it would be limted to the "professional" version.
Hell, it could even run on Windows 98.
Right now, in the small to medium space, there is only one choice for Windows,
MSSQL. It requires the "professional" or server versions of the Microsoft
platforms. PostgreSQL could come in and run on all of them.
PostgreSQL's feature set and price ($0), with a good installer, would do VERY
well.
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