Re: Sixth Draft - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 josh@bitbuckets.com wrote:

>
> The following draft considers everyone's comments.  I think the paragraph
> about history (moved to the end) needs more stuff.
>
> Thanks,
> --J
>
> August 24, 2004 - The PostgreSQL Global Development group today announced
> the availability of the 8.0 version of the PostgreSQL Object-Relational
> Database Management System, the most advanced open source database in the
> world today.  With this new release, professional users have an
                                                                ^^

  should be just 'a', no?  "a world-class" ... purely spelling, but if
we're trying to look professional, spelling does count ...

> world-class, scalable, open source database solution that does not
> sacrifice many of the conveniences provided by commercial products.
>
> PostgreSQL 8.0 contains many new features that make the database a strong
> contender against the likes of Oracle and DB2.  Many companies, who view
> PostgreSQL as a strategic part of their overall I.T. plan, have sponsored
> development of the new features, which include:
>
> Native Windows Support:  PostgreSQL now works natively with Windows
> systems and does not need an emulation layer.  This provides dramatically
> improved performance over previous versions, and offers a compelling
> alternative to Microsoft SQL Server for independent software vendors,
> corporate users, and individual Windows developers.
>
> Savepoints:  Savepoints allow specific parts of a database transaction to
> be aborted without affecting the whole transaction.  This feature, funded
> by Fujitsu, is valuable for application developers who require error
> recovery within complex transactions.

Stupid question, and it may be just a terminalogy difference, but is there
a reason why we are focusing on just SavePoints, and not the whole Nested
Transactions thing?   Or are they considered "same thing, different name"?

> Point In Time Recovery: PITR provides the ability to recover data to the
> point of failure or to any time in the past.
>
> Tablespaces:  This feature, also funded by Fujitsu, allows the database
> administrator to choose which filesystems are used for schemas, tables,
> and indexes.  This allows the administrator to place whole databases on
> separate disks to improve performance.
>
> Improved Memory and I/O usage:  With this release of PostgreSQL, disk
> input/output subsystems have been improved to use shared buffers more
> effectively, yielding significant increases in speed and performance.
>
> There are also several new external components which complement the core
> PostgreSQL database engine:
>
> - Slony-I is a a "master-slave" replication system with cascading and
> failover capabilities funded by Internet domain registry Afilias.
> - PostgreSQL added to its roster of stored procedure languages with
> PL/PerlNG and PL/PHP which were sponsored by consultancy Command Prompt,
> Inc. as well as PL/Java and the .Net provider Npgsql.

I think it would be be easier to read if formated as:

   - PostgreSQL added to its roster of stored procedure languages with:
     - PL/PerlNG and PL/PHP (sponsored by consultancy Command Prompt)
     - PL/Java
     - .Net Provider Npgsql

the original formatting seems to 'bunch' it all ...

> Version 8 is the collective work of hundreds of developers, building on
> almost twenty years of development dating back to the University of
> California at Berkeley.
>
> PostgreSQL is licensed under a BSD-style license, which due to its lack of
> licensing fees allows corporate and individual users more flexibility than
> the competition.  The PostgreSQL database can be downloaded freely at
> http://www.postgresql.org.
>
>
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