Tom Lane wrote:
> Chander Ganesan <chander@otg-nc.com> writes:
>
>> Actually, I'm referring to the fact that the "de facto" method of
>> downloading PostgreSQL now funnels folks over the EDB,
>>
>
> How do you come to that conclusion? I go to
> http://www.postgresql.org/download/
> and what I see is a pile of links to community-supplied binaries,
> and a link to EDB's version, and a link to BitNami's version.
> (I'm sure if you asked politely there could be a link to OTG's
> version as well.) Where are we pushing EDB's version over the
> community builds?
>
If you click on OSX, the first option is a commercial one.
If you click on Linux, the first option is a commercial one (BTW, isn't
it better to push the OS supplied pacakged version here?).
Although, I must say I'm a bit confused. I could have sworn that on the
weekend, when I tried to download the windows version, I got the
one-click version with a full page asking for contact details, etc. I
could be mistaken there....
My concern isn't about hosting the downloads, its more about the
collection of information that would provide a significant competitive
or marketing advantage to the company doing the hosting. In this case,
I'm concerned about the collection of information... In fact, the only
place where you download and such information is requested is the EDB
site...
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