Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:54:44 -0700
To: Ron Mayer <rm_pg@cheapcomplexdevices.com>
Cc: Lukas Kahwe Smith <smith@pooteeweet.org>, pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL rebranding
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From: elein <elein@varlena.com>

On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 02:50:31AM -0700, Ron Mayer wrote:
> Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:
> > 
> > I am collecting a list of PostgreSQL rebrands.
> > 
> > So far I have the following:
> > 
> > Illustra, EnterpriseDB, Bizgres, BizgresMPP, Mammoth, Red Hat Database,
> > Netezza, parACCEL
> 
> 
> 
> Sun's "Thumper" [1] arguably counts at least as much as Netezza does,
> in that they're both hardware appliances derived more or less from PostgreSQL.

Don't count hardware appliances that use postgres.  There are a several that
I know about and probably a lot more.  You won't get them all.

--elein
elein@varlena.com

> 
> And not sure if you'd count domain specific apps built on postgresql
> like Cisco's CSR / Carrier-Sensitive Routing product[2].  If you
> count that there are probably dozens of similar products that are
> built on top of a bundled postgresql.
> 
> Fujitsu's FSP (Fujitsu Supported PostgreSQL) [3] should probably be
> added to your list.   This one's a useful one to remember when you
> encounter a pointy-haired boss that wants support from a large
> company - you wouldn't want to trust your business to a database that's
> only supported by little companies like Oracle, would you? :-)
> I think like Netezza they heavily modified postgresql; in this case
> with their own storage manager.
> 
> 
> [1]http://www.techworld.com/storage/features/index.cfm?featureid=2738
> [2]http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/voice/csr/usergd/ver1_1/csrover.pdf
> [3]http://www.fastware.com/postgresql.html
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