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Re: Berkeley DB license

Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org>

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From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: "Michael A. Olson" <mao@sleepycat.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-05-16T17:48:50Z
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On Tue, 16 May 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > On Tue, 16 May 2000, Michael A. Olson wrote:
> > 
> > > Rather than replacing just the storage manager, you'd be replacing
> > > the access methods, buffer manager, transaction manager, and some
> > > of the shared memory plumbing with our stuff.  
> > 
> > So, basically, we rip out 3+ years or work on our backend and put an SQL
> > front-end over top of BerkleyDB?  
> 
> Now, no one is suggesting we do this.  The issue is exploring what gains
> we could make in doing this.

Definitely ... I'm just reducing it down to simpler terms, that's all :)