Thread: Oracle support for PostgreSQL?
Hi, Now that Oracle is selling support for RedHat linux, does this mean that Oracle will also support PostgreSQL? Rgs, Jussi
On 12/19/06, Jussi Mikkola <jussi.mikkola@bonware.com> wrote: > Now that Oracle is selling support for RedHat linux, does this mean that > Oracle will also support PostgreSQL? I really doubt it. IIRC, RedHat no longer supports PostgreSQL (or their variant RedHat Database) directly; and the version that was supported was quite old. Tom Lane would know more about version-specifics... but I don't see Oracle supporting PostgreSQL or MySQL any time soon. Just because they're part of the distro doesn't mean they're totally supported by the Linux vendor. -- Jonah H. Harris, Software Architect | phone: 732.331.1324 EnterpriseDB Corporation | fax: 732.331.1301 33 Wood Ave S, 3rd Floor | jharris@enterprisedb.com Iselin, New Jersey 08830 | http://www.enterprisedb.com/
On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 07:24 -0500, Jonah H. Harris wrote:
> On 12/19/06, Jussi Mikkola <jussi.mikkola@bonware.com> wrote:
> > Now that Oracle is selling support for RedHat linux, does this mean that
> > Oracle will also support PostgreSQL?
>
> I really doubt it. IIRC, RedHat no longer supports PostgreSQL (or
> their variant RedHat Database) directly; and the version that was
> supported was quite old.
>
> Tom Lane would know more about version-specifics... but I don't see
> Oracle supporting PostgreSQL or MySQL any time soon. Just because
> they're part of the distro doesn't mean they're totally supported by
> the Linux vendor.
I bet if I bought Unbreakable Linux and asked for PostgreSQL support
they would support it. Distributions vendors will typically support
whatever they ship on their core CD.
Joshua D. Drake
>
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On 12/19/06, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote: > I bet if I bought Unbreakable Linux and asked for PostgreSQL support > they would support it. Distributions vendors will typically support > whatever they ship on their core CD. You should do it and see what they say :) -- Jonah H. Harris, Software Architect | phone: 732.331.1324 EnterpriseDB Corporation | fax: 732.331.1301 33 Wood Ave S, 3rd Floor | jharris@enterprisedb.com Iselin, New Jersey 08830 | http://www.enterprisedb.com/
On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 11:52 -0500, Jonah H. Harris wrote:
> On 12/19/06, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> > I bet if I bought Unbreakable Linux and asked for PostgreSQL support
> > they would support it. Distributions vendors will typically support
> > whatever they ship on their core CD.
>
> You should do it and see what they say :)
Heh, "Hi this is Joshua Drake from The PostgreSQL Company. I was
wondering if you could help me with my PostgreSQL installation on
Unbreakable Linux."
I wonder if I could record the call... ;)
Joshua D. Drake
>
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On 12/19/06, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote: > I wonder if I could record the call... ;) Would be interesting to say the least :) -- Jonah H. Harris, Software Architect | phone: 732.331.1324 EnterpriseDB Corporation | fax: 732.331.1301 33 Wood Ave S, 3rd Floor | jharris@enterprisedb.com Iselin, New Jersey 08830 | http://www.enterprisedb.com/
Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 11:52 -0500, Jonah H. Harris wrote: >> On 12/19/06, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote: >>> I bet if I bought Unbreakable Linux and asked for PostgreSQL support >>> they would support it. Distributions vendors will typically support >>> whatever they ship on their core CD. >> You should do it and see what they say :) > > Heh, "Hi this is Joshua Drake from The PostgreSQL Company. I was :%s/The/A/ Regards, Dave
On 12/19/06, Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org> wrote: > :%s/The/A/ Agreed, but I think he was referring to his company tag line... not being a marketroid purposefully. -- Jonah H. Harris, Software Architect | phone: 732.331.1324 EnterpriseDB Corporation | fax: 732.331.1301 33 Wood Ave S, 3rd Floor | jharris@enterprisedb.com Iselin, New Jersey 08830 | http://www.enterprisedb.com/
On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 13:38 -0500, Jonah H. Harris wrote:
> On 12/19/06, Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org> wrote:
> > :%s/The/A/
>
> Agreed, but I think he was referring to his company tag line... not
> being a marketroid purposefully.
That is correct.
Joshua D. Drake
>
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> ------- Original Message ------- > From: "Jonah H. Harris" <jonah.harris@gmail.com> > To: "Dave Page" <dpage@postgresql.org> > Sent: 19/12/06, 18:38:07 > Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Oracle support for PostgreSQL? > > On 12/19/06, Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org> wrote: > > :%s/The/A/ > > Agreed, but I think he was referring to his company tag line... not > being a marketroid purposefully. Yeah, I know. I was just baiting JD - it's considered sport in these parts :-) /D
On 12/19/06, Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org> wrote: > Yeah, I know. I was just baiting JD - it's considered sport in these parts :-) :) -- Jonah H. Harris, Software Architect | phone: 732.331.1324 EnterpriseDB Corporation | fax: 732.331.1301 33 Wood Ave S, 3rd Floor | jharris@enterprisedb.com Iselin, New Jersey 08830 | http://www.enterprisedb.com/
Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 11:52 -0500, Jonah H. Harris wrote: >> On 12/19/06, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote: >>> I bet if I bought Unbreakable Linux and asked for PostgreSQL support >>> they would support it. >>> >> You should do it and see what they say :) > > Heh, "Hi.. wondering if you could help me with my PostgreSQL installation on > Unbreakable Linux." I figured it was easier to ask their Unbreakable Linux Team rather than just speculating here. I asked their Linux support forums about Oracle's support for PostgreSQL and Red Hat Database and MySQL as well, and got this response: "Oracle does not provide support for these databases, butwill work with respective vendors to resolve customer issues."[link1 below] The response is from someone who works in "Oracle's Linux Engineering team crafting solutions under the Unbreakable Linux program"[2]. It's not an official statement of corporate policy, but probably as close as you'll get. For PostgreSQL, I guess "respective vendors" would mean both the community here and perhaps some of the postgresql support companies (some of which are Oracle partners). Personally, I think that's a very fair policy of theirs; and I imagine it's good that they'd get the upstream projects involved rather than trying to support it themselves. > I wonder if I could record the call... ;) Email was easier. [1] http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?forumID=135&threadID=456043 [2] http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/oracle_ace/ace1.html#leunissen
On Dec 19, 2006, at 3:21 PM, Dave Page wrote: > Yeah, I know. I was just baiting JD - it's considered sport in > these parts :-) Wait... since when is baiting Josh Drake geographically limited? :P -- Jim Nasby jim@nasby.net EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell)
After takin a swig o' Arrakan spice grog, decibel@decibel.org (Jim Nasby) belched out: > On Dec 19, 2006, at 3:21 PM, Dave Page wrote: >> Yeah, I know. I was just baiting JD - it's considered sport in >> these parts :-) > > Wait... since when is baiting Josh Drake geographically limited? :P It's not - it's an international sport. They're considering it provisionally for the 2008 games... -- let name="cbbrowne" and tld="cbbrowne.com" in String.concat "@" [name;tld];; http://linuxdatabases.info/info/slony.html FLORIDA: We've been Gored by the bull of politics and we're Bushed.