Re: [HACKERS] Inprise/Borland releasing Interbase as Open source
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Stephen Birch <sbirch@ironmountainsystems.com>
Cc: Jan Wieck <jwieck@debis.com>, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 2000-01-04T23:42:30Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> Since writing the above, I was called to attend a telecon with my manager and > the ITS managers from our two biggest customers to discuss exactly this issue. > The decision has been made to deploy the PostgreSQL based server. We all > agreed that whatever happens to Interbase, the personal commitment by the > PostgreSQL folks is not likely to dry up. Hence the code will continue to > improve over time. I believe that they clearly understand how important > reliability is to a database server. All's well that end's well... I have been very impressed over the three years of work on PostgreSQL that everything is done is such a civilized matter. I mention that in my book and in the development history. Not sure how we have achieved this, but we certainly have. -- Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle maillist@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026