Re: PostgreSQL 8.1 vs. MySQL 5.0? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Simon Riggs
Subject Re: PostgreSQL 8.1 vs. MySQL 5.0?
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Msg-id 1128718945.8300.144.camel@localhost.localdomain
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL 8.1 vs. MySQL 5.0?  (Dan Armbrust <daniel.armbrust.list@gmail.com>)
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On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 13:32 -0500, Dan Armbrust wrote:
> >IBM have previously bought Informix (who bought Illustra, RedBrick,
> >Cloudscape) .... None of those take-
> >overs has led to a product actually surviving.
> >

> Thats not exactly true - Cloudscape was just given to Apache, and is now
> opensourced under the name "Derby"
> http://db.apache.org/derby/

Both the things we have said are true.

IBM bought Informix, who had bought Cloudscape. *Then* they gave it away
to Apache, since it is probably at about 4 years behind PostgreSQL at
current development rates on PostgreSQL.

Best Regards, Simon Riggs


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