X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Received: from spampd.localdomain (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3217475B85 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:46:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from datafix.CS.Berkeley.EDU (datafix.CS.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.37.185]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11063475AE4 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:46:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from sailesh@localhost) by datafix.CS.Berkeley.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h3OMki627885; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 15:46:44 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: datafix.CS.Berkeley.EDU: sailesh set sender to sailesh@cs.berkeley.edu using -f Reply-To: sailesh@cs.berkeley.edu X-URL: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~sailesh X-Attribution: Sailesh To: Tom Lane Cc: Rod Taylor , "scott.marlowe" , Shridhar Daithankar , PostgreSQL Hackers Subject: Re: Are we losing momentum? References: <1051189596.46146.24.camel@jester> <25012.1051223307@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Sailesh Krishnamurthy Date: 24 Apr 2003 15:46:44 -0700 In-Reply-To: <25012.1051223307@sss.pgh.pa.us> Message-ID: Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-24.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_01,IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,USER_AGENT_GNUS_UA, X_AUTH_WARNING autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) X-Archive-Number: 200304/870 X-Sequence-Number: 38360 >>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane writes: Tom> Of course, IBM can afford to keep reps on the SQL standards Tom> committee to make sure that no future spec extension Tom> conflicts with the names they've used for their additions to Tom> INFORMATION_SCHEMA. We, on the other hand, could easily get Tom> burnt by spec changes. Right it's pretty unfair. I'm not beating any drums here. It's more than just making sure that no extensions conflict with what they've used. It's also about makign their extensions the default. One thing that they _do_ try though is to use very ibm-centric when possible. -- Pip-pip Sailesh http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~sailesh