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From: Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
To: Bruce Momjian <[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 07:13:57 -0700
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>


>> 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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