Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:08:46 -0700
To: Lukas Kahwe Smith <smith@pooteeweet.org>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL rebranding
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From: elein <elein@varlena.com>

On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 09:46:52AM +0200, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am collecting a list of PostgreSQL rebrands.
> 
> So far I have the following:
> 
> Illustra, EnterpriseDB, Bizgres, BizgresMPP, Mammoth, Red Hat Database,
> Netezza, parACCEL

I worked for (Miro' -> Montage -> Illustra)
and am still in touch with the founders of that company(ies?).
Feel free to ask me what you would like.

Keep in mind, however, the timeline of some of the older companies.
At the time of ingres and postgres' releases it was mostly universities
who open sourced.  For profits, as a rule, did not open source code.

elein
elein@varlena.com

> 
> I will also try to find out during what time these were offered, the
> company that was behind this offering, the license (BSD, proprietary
> etc.) and to what extend the changes made it back into the PostgreSQL
> tree (none, partially, full).
> 
> So throw me whatever names you remember and I will try to research them.
> Of course I would not mind if you can provide links to get the above
> information as well.
> 
> regards,
> Lukas
> 
> 
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