Re: PostgreSQL on Power Linux

On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:25 PM, James Freeman <james(at)quru(dot)com> wrote:

>
> Hi Nik,
>
> I don't disagree with your points on price of the Power platform or lack
> of wider adoption - however it's really kind of chicken and egg - we're
> only going to get wider adoption if everything falls into line. Opinion is
> sure to differ on what it would require but for me I would suspect you
> would need increased visibility that says "Postgres on Power can beat
> technology x hands down" - that's my bit as I don't think the wider world
> is aware of Power.
>

Well, five years ago Power on Linux beat x86 hands down for us. It became
a problem later but only due to lack of wider adoption and
price/interoperability.

> Regarding price and adoption - this is definitely the other big issue. I
> can't predict how this will go but the OpenPOWER consortium may go some way
> to lower pricing and wider adoption - I believe they have motherboard make
> Tyan engaged and whilst there is no physical product to show for it yet
> perhaps this could lead to white box Power solutions which would drive the
> cost down and hence adoption up. It would also pave the way (potentially)
> for competitors to IBM in the hardware space so buyers would no longer be
> single-sourced for their servers.
>

Cool!

Nik