Re: Slashdot and PostgreSQL

I don't think they're moving the actual Slashdot site to PostgreSQL... They
paid a bunch of money to the mySQL folks to add replication support to
mySQL...

I think other sites based on Slashcode wanted to be able to use PostgreSQL
though...

Hunter

> From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 21:54:37 -0500 (EST)
> To: PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> Subject: [GENERAL] Slashdot and PostgreSQL
>
> I see on Slashdot that:
>
> Slashcode 2.0 ("Bender") is officially in beta. We now have themes,
> plugins, an abstacted database layer (MySQL support is beta, PostreSQL
> is alpha, so finally the rivalry can be settled ;)
>
> So, while Sourceforge has moved to PostgreSQL, seems like Slashdot may
> well too.
>
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