X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABA0E9DCB76 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:27:34 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 28382-04 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:27:35 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from svr2.postgresql.org (svr2.postgresql.org [65.19.161.25]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B37A39DCACE for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:27:31 -0400 (AST) Received: from bramble.mmrd.com (bramble.mmrd.com [65.217.53.66]) by svr2.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63439F0B4F for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 21:27:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from thorn.mmrd.com (thorn.mmrd.com [172.25.10.100]) by bramble.mmrd.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id jATM2pkB008445; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:02:54 -0500 Received: from gnvex001.mmrd.com (gnvex001.mmrd.com [10.225.10.110]) by thorn.mmrd.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id jATLRDC13506; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:27:14 -0500 Received: from [10.225.105.30] (10.225.105.30 [10.225.105.30]) by gnvex001.mmrd.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id TWDAG445; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:27:10 -0500 Subject: Re: Case study: Proximity From: Robert Treat To: Gavin Sherry Cc: pgsql-www@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: References: <200511291547.16993.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 29 Nov 2005 16:27:03 -0500 Message-Id: <1133299633.4491.251.camel@camel> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.000] X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200511/192 X-Sequence-Number: 8907 On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 16:09, Gavin Sherry wrote: > On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, Robert Treat wrote: > > > On Tuesday 22 November 2005 17:18, Gavin Sherry wrote: > > > I tried sending this in earlier -- but it doesn't seem to have gotten > > > through. > > > > > > Following is a case study written by myself and laid out by Omar and > > > Emily. > > > > > > http://www.alcove.com.au/~swm/Proximity10.pdf > > > > > > There are some great quotes for the site in this. > > > > > > > Do we have permission to add quotes to the front page? I'd like to add > > Yes. > > > > > "We consider the availability of source code a major advantage of using an > > open source database. We haven't had to go a fix any bugs ourselves, but we > > have peered at the source to satisfy ourselves as to how things work" -- > > Tim Allen, Senior Software Developer, Proximity Group. > > > > There are other good quotes: > > "Our systems are deployed in high-availability environments and the > combination of PostgreSQL on Linux has enabled us to deploy and support > systems without any need for a large support team." > Yeah, how do we feel about multiple quotes from the same person? -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL