Yep, that's them. This is a big win from a PostgreSQL advocacy position,
especially since oracle pr made an official statement against the use of
PostgreSQL. Has this info hit any of the linux oriented news sites
(linux-today, slashdot, etc...) If not someone from the PostgreSQL
marketing dept. (wink wink) should come up with a press release.
Robert Treat
----- Original Message -----
From: "David De Graff" <postgresql@awarehouse.com>
To: <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>; <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>;
<pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:42 PM
Subject: [GENERAL] Postgres-based system to run .org registry?
> The Internet Society (ISOC) won the bid to replace Verisign as the
.org
> registry. They're going to subcontract to Afilias, who has been
running the
> .info registry.
>
> See:
> http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-14oct02.htm
> http://www.afilias.info/about_afilias/dotorg/index_html
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23669-2002Oct14.html
>
> Is this the same group that recently asked for input on their
proposal,
> which specified Postgres as the registry database?
>
> (For some reason I can't find the recent thread on their proposal on
the
> hackers, general or admin lists.)
>
> Dave De Graff
