Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
>
>>Well, it's time to start work on the 8.0 press release. Who's
>>interested? Given the amount of coverage we have on the beta already,
>>I think we can do it here, on-list, until we get closer to the
>>release.
>
>
> I have an idea: Try to write the entire press release without using the
> word "enterprise". It might be enlightening. :)
You know what... that is an amazingly valid point. Our market isn't
enterprise. Yes we have enterprise users, but we have far more that
are > 50,000,000 in sales a year.
Perhaps instead we should focus on what 8.0 will allow us to do:
Compete directly with Microsoft on their turf for a lower TCO.
Continue to compete more effectively with Oracle and DB2.
And this is why:
Continued increase in development interfaces:
plPerlNG
plPHP
PlJava (big for Oracle converts)
ECPG (Now even more functional)
Increased reliability:
Replication options:
Slony-I
Mammoth Replicator
DbMirror
(I only mention three because they seem to be the only
ones actually maintained consistly)
PITR
Increased functionality:
Nested transactions
Increased performance:
BGWriter
The new Vacuum
cross-type evaluation '1' == 1
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
>
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