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help / color / mirror / Atom feedFrom: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
To: Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
Cc: Steve Atkins <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Replication documentation addition
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:21:47 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
I would think that companies that sell closed-source solutions for
PostgreSQL would be modest enough not to push their own agenda for the
documentation. I think they should just sit back and hope others
suggest it.
[ Josh Berkus recently left Green Plum for Sun. ]
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> >> A big part of the value of Postgresql is the applications and extensions
> >> that support it. Hiding the existence of some subset of those just
> >> because of the way they're licensed is both underselling postgresql
> >> and doing something of a disservice to the user of the document.
> >
> > OK, does that mean we mention EnterpriseDB in the section about Oracle
> > functions?
>
> Way to compare apples to houses their Bruce. We are talking about
> *PostgreSQL* replication solutions. Not *Oracle* compatibility
> functions, However, *if* we had an Oracle compatibility section, I would
> say, "Yes it does make sense to list EnterpriseDB as a Proprietary
> Commercial solution to migrating from Oracle.
>
> > Why not mention MS SQL if they have a better solution?
>
> Because we aren't talking about MS SQL, we are talking about PostgreSQL.
>
> > I
> > just don't see where that line can clearly be drawn on what to include.
> > Do we mention Netiza, which is loosely based on PostgreSQL? It just
> > seems very arbitrary to include commercial software.
>
> It is no more arbitrary than including *any* information on PostgreSQL
> replication solutions, because PostgreSQL doesn't have any.
>
> PostgreSQL doesn't do replication, except for PITR (and that is pushing
> it as a replication solution).
>
> Now.. there are *projects* that enable PostgreSQL to do replication.
> Some of them are Open Source, some of them are commercial products.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joshua D. Drake
>
>
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