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Re: [GENERAL] MySQL gets $19.5 MM

From
"Dann Corbit"
Date:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Gearon [mailto:gearond@cvc.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:13 AM
> To: Dann Corbit
> Cc: josh@agliodbs.com; jm.poure@freesurf.fr;
> pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] MySQL gets $19.5 MM
>
>
> For Postgres?

Maybe I was hallucinating.  I thought I remembered that someone at
Redhat was going to work through the NIST validation suite, but I can't
remember where I read it and I can't find the message.

> Dann Corbit wrote:
>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Dennis Gearon [mailto:gearond@cvc.net]
> >>Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:57 AM
> >>To: josh@agliodbs.com
> >>Cc: jm.poure@freesurf.fr; pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org;
> >>pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> >>Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] MySQL gets $19.5 MM
> >>
> >>
> >>all very good points. And I felt a little bit of bile in my
> >>mouth, myself, when I realized, several years ago, the true
> >>development and business model behind MySQL. Also, the
> >>HODGEPODGE way they added features from other development projects.
> >>
> >>But others are right. We need someone like IBM is to Linux,
> >>or Apple is to Konqueror.  Someone who puts a lot of time and
> >>money into the product for their own selfish interests, but
> >>then releases it.
> >
> >
> > Isn't Redhat doing that?
> >
> > I heard they were working on a complete NIST validation.  That's a
> > stupendous effort.
> >
>
>

Re: [GENERAL] MySQL gets $19.5 MM

From
Richard Huxton
Date:
On Tuesday 10 Jun 2003 7:55 pm, Dann Corbit wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dennis Gearon [mailto:gearond@cvc.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:13 AM
> > To: Dann Corbit
> > Cc: josh@agliodbs.com; jm.poure@freesurf.fr;
> > pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> > Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] MySQL gets $19.5 MM
> >
> >
> > For Postgres?
>
> Maybe I was hallucinating.  I thought I remembered that someone at
> Redhat was going to work through the NIST validation suite, but I can't
> remember where I read it and I can't find the message.

I seem to remember someone from RedHat asking a question about some fairly
obscure SQL-compliance problem recently. Something with aggregates in
sub-selects? No official announcements I know of though.

--
  Richard Huxton

Re: [GENERAL] MySQL gets $19.5 MM

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Dann Corbit wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dennis Gearon [mailto:gearond@cvc.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:13 AM
> > To: Dann Corbit
> > Cc: josh@agliodbs.com; jm.poure@freesurf.fr;
> > pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> > Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] MySQL gets $19.5 MM
> >
> >
> > For Postgres?
>
> Maybe I was hallucinating.  I thought I remembered that someone at
> Redhat was going to work through the NIST validation suite, but I can't
> remember where I read it and I can't find the message.

The report came from Tom mentioning NIST failures in testing,
particularly related to how we handle aggregates in HAVING subqueries.

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