On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 07:45:21PM -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
> On Thursday 23 August 2007 15:54, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > Josh Berkus escribió:
> > > Josh,
> > >
> > > > Wasn't Performance the theme of the last release?
> > >
> > > No, it was "maturity".
> >
> > 8.1 has
> > The new release includes performance improvements and advanced SQL
> > features which will support bigger data warehouses, higher-volume
> > transaction processing, and more complex distributed enterprise
> > software.
> >
> > 8.2 has
> > This 14th public release adds features, maturity, and performance
> > requested by business users, delivering manageability comparable to
> > leading enterprise database systems.
> >
> >
> > So performance has always been part of the theme. The question is _what
> > else_ will be theme this release ...
>
> "Enterprisyness"
Sadly, PostgreSQL 8.3 will lack the required byzantine entangled
layers of Java, C#, SOAP and round-cornered AJAX goodness which are
this week's /sine qua non/ of Enterprisiness.
On the bright side, it's got useful new features and new hooks for
creating even more useful new features :)
Cheers,
David.
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