From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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To: | Stephen Birch <sbirch(at)ironmountainsystems(dot)com> |
Cc: | Jan Wieck <jwieck(at)debis(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Inprise/Borland releasing Interbase as Open source |
Date: | 2000-01-04 23:10:22 |
Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.21.0001041904120.18498-100000@thelab.hub.org |
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Stephen Birch wrote:
> By the way, I was the idiot that specified NT to our customer base in
> the first place - I consider that to be the single worst decision of
> my successful 20 year computing career.
Ouch, that must have hurt :(
> Since writing the above, I was called to attend a telecon with my
> manager and the ITS managers from our two biggest customers to discuss
> exactly this issue. The decision has been made to deploy the
> PostgreSQL based server. We all agreed that whatever happens to
> Interbase, the personal commitment by the PostgreSQL folks is not
> likely to dry up. Hence the code will continue to improve over time.
> I believe that they clearly understand how important reliability is to
> a database server.
>
> There is a good chance that the Borland decision will have a
> benificial ripple effect on PG as other engineers turn their attention
> to Open Source alternatives.
>
> Wish us luck, we will load the new software on our customers' servers
> for a FOT (field operational test) next week.
Good luck, and keep us informed as to how things are going ... :)
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org
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