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Gordon Darling
PostgreSQL 8.0 will run on Windows
http://news.com.com/PostgreSQL+8.0+will+run+on+Windows/2100-1012_3-5318279.html?tag=nefd.top
Published: August 20, 2004, 11:42 AM PDT By Ingrid Marson Special to CNET
News.com
The new version of open-source database PostgreSQL, which is already in
beta, is expected to go into production within three months and will for
the first time run natively on Windows.
In the past, the only way of running PostgreSQL on Windows was by using
the Unix emulator Cygwin, which has reduced performance and limited the
database's functionality.
Simon Riggs, a PostgreSQL developer, said being able to run the database
natively on Windows is an important milestone.
"Over the last few years, one of the most common features that people have
asked us for is a native Windows port," Riggs said. "We are expecting that
within a year, half of our user base will run the database on Windows."
Riggs said being able to run the database natively will open up the home
user market, which will then boost use in businesses.
"The hobby market is an important market," he said. "Home users are also
employed and will take their opinions to work--if it's not being used at
work, they'll ask why."
Future PostgreSQL releases will include extra data warehousing features
and increased compatibility between databases in response to the new
American National Standards Institute standard. But Riggs believes that
PostgreSQL already contains enough features for the vast majority of
applications.
"We aren't behind the other databases. After all, PostgreSQL was the first
object-relational database," he said.
Regards
Gordon
http://news.com.com/PostgreSQL+8.0+will+run+on+Windows/2100-1012_3-5318279.html?tag=nefd.top
Published: August 20, 2004, 11:42 AM PDT By Ingrid Marson Special to CNET
News.com
The new version of open-source database PostgreSQL, which is already in
beta, is expected to go into production within three months and will for
the first time run natively on Windows.
In the past, the only way of running PostgreSQL on Windows was by using
the Unix emulator Cygwin, which has reduced performance and limited the
database's functionality.
Simon Riggs, a PostgreSQL developer, said being able to run the database
natively on Windows is an important milestone.
"Over the last few years, one of the most common features that people have
asked us for is a native Windows port," Riggs said. "We are expecting that
within a year, half of our user base will run the database on Windows."
Riggs said being able to run the database natively will open up the home
user market, which will then boost use in businesses.
"The hobby market is an important market," he said. "Home users are also
employed and will take their opinions to work--if it's not being used at
work, they'll ask why."
Future PostgreSQL releases will include extra data warehousing features
and increased compatibility between databases in response to the new
American National Standards Institute standard. But Riggs believes that
PostgreSQL already contains enough features for the vast majority of
applications.
"We aren't behind the other databases. After all, PostgreSQL was the first
object-relational database," he said.
Regards
Gordon