Re: Red Hat DB announced - why not PostgreSQL?

On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 03:39:44PM -0400, Adam Rossi wrote:
> It looks like Red Hat has announced an open source database called Red Hat
> Database:
>
> (via slashdot:)
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20010619/tc/red_hat_to_play_in_oracle_s_arena_1.html
>
> Why is this not PostgreSQL? Why can't the Red Hat folks sell support to
> PostgreSQL, rather than developing another open source database and
> supporting that? Is it a conflict with GreatBridge? This looks like it could
> have been a great opportunity for PostgreSQL....

This article was written based on some very vague statements made
during a non-technical conference call. I think it would be worth
waiting to see what is formally announced before running too far with
speculation about it.

Zach
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