Comments on: Sun backs open-source database PostgreSQL

Company plans to distribute database and optimize it for Solaris. It also plans to include Xen virtualization, Linux compatibility next year.

[scdecade]

Why not Ingres?

I believe Ingres even uses the Sun CDDL license.

[amadensor]

Why not Ingres?

PostgreSQL has a larger user base and is more
likely to sell Sun boxes. That is all. Sun is
a for profit company, and they saw PostgreSQL as
a good chance to help them make a little more
money. This is good. I just hope they
understand the value of sharing the code back to
the main codebase, and getting a little help on
it from people on other platforms. PostgreSQL's
BSD style license does not require that they
share their changes, but it is in their best
interest.

[plembo]

Sun Follows Red Hat ... Again

Red Hat has been marketing it's PostgreSQL based Red Hat Database for years. Nice to see Sun once again following the leader ...

[scdecade]

What did Red Hat ever invent?

Red Hat is a joke. What did they ever invent? For the most part they haven't even contributed much to the product they sell support for.