X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99830D1B467; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 23:56:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 49422-10; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 19:56:00 -0400 (AST) Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (candle.pha.pa.us [207.106.42.251]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8ABCD1DE41; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 19:55:50 -0400 (AST) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id hBDNu1419133; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 18:56:01 -0500 (EST) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200312132356.hBDNu1419133@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: New News Entry In-Reply-To: <20031213193155.R81928@ganymede.hub.org> To: "Marc G. Fournier" Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 18:56:01 -0500 (EST) Cc: Robert Treat , Dave Page , pgsql-www@postgresql.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL108 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200312/78 X-Sequence-Number: 3138 Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Sat, 13 Dec 2003, Robert Treat wrote: > > > > I think so. I don't see any English references to this news. The > > > important part for me isn't the product, but that a _very_ big company is > > > promoting PostgreSQL. > > > > I agree, Fujitsu is a "name" company. Having them behind postgresql is huge. > > "behind" PostgreSQL is kinda weak ... to the best of my knowledge, > everything they are doing is totally proprietary, with nothing actually > contributed back to the community ... Bruce, has any of that changed since > we first heard about their plans? Yes, that was the "secret" time. I believe they currently understand the value of working with the community. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073