Re: [mail] Re: Windows Build System

Mark Woodward <pgsql@mohawksoft.com>

From: mlw <pgsql@mohawksoft.com>
To: Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org>
Cc: Dann Corbit <DCorbit@connx.com>, PostgresSQL Hackers Mailing List <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-02-01T04:12:05Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Like it or not, if PG releases a very good Win32 port, ALL the unixoids 
combined will be out numbered by the windoze users.

Lamar Owen wrote:

>On Friday 31 January 2003 20:22, Dann Corbit wrote:
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>>Now, as far as the Win32 animosity goes, I think that is a natural thing
>>too.  There is a culture clash between the Linux camps and the Win32
>>camps.  Typically, it's the highly intelligent kids recently out of
>>college that are in love with Linux, and the [usually older] corporate
>>types that know nothing but Win32.  But realize that both sets of people
>>have real problems to solve and a free, high quality database will be a
>>great help to anyone.
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>:-)
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>The *BSD, Solaris, AIS, HP-UX, IRIX, SCO, and other unixoid partisans out 
>there will just love this statement.
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>The linux community here is in the minority, more than likely, to the *BSD 
>camp.
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