From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Message-Id: <200608291614.k7TGEq215009@momjian.us>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL rebranding
In-Reply-To: <200608290750.37526.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>
To: Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:14:52 -0400 (EDT)
CC: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org, Lukas Kahwe Smith <smith@pooteeweet.org>
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Robert Treat wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 August 2006 03:46, 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
> >
> 
> Are you looking for PostgreSQL rebrands or POSTGRES (a la Berkely) re-brands?  
> AIUI Illustra is the latter but not the former.  
> 
> > 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.
> >
> 
> Powergres is/was offered by SRA as a commercial, threaded windows version of 
> PostgreSQL.  Also NuSphere/Peerdirect released a windows version of 

Yes, called Powergres.

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