RE: Red Hat to support PostgreSQL

On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Andrew Snow wrote:

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> > Yes, but are they going to be collaborating closely with the
> > current Pg core devel team or are they going to work on their
> > own? The concern is regarding the Cnet article about "Redhat
> > forking off eventually with their own pg". Their representative
> > said that there is not such intention but given that "verba
> > volant, scripta manent", what are the guarantees against that?
> >
> > It would really spoil my day to have GM'ed Postgresqls running
> > around. I can barely keep up with one, let alone two ;-)
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> Well, if they fork then we can probably assume Redhat's database will be as
> bad as their OS, so there's nothing to worry about ;-) *chuckle*

That's not true. If you started off with Ygdrassil linux then probably Rh seems too "soft", but they are the ones who brought the crowds closer. And although technical expertise may be desired from "the followers", it is the numbers that make the difference and the people vote for u.s.e.r.f.r.i.e.n.d.l.y. I don't think Volkerding for example would be even remotely interested in doing market research ;-) Besides Rh does more than just bundle a linux distribution together.
Anyway, there are Rh members on the list. They know better what Rh has contributed (probably more than we know of)

cheers,
thalis

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