Thread: Sun and SAP invest in Greenplum
See here: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/greenplum-takes-27-million-series-c/ Note quote from Jonathan Schwartz about commitment to PostgreSQL. - Luke
Luke Lonergan wrote: > See here: > > http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/greenplum-takes-27-million-series-c/ > > Note quote from Jonathan Schwartz about commitment to PostgreSQL. I don't see the word PostgreSQL anywhere in there. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake
On Tuesday 22 January 2008 10:45, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Luke Lonergan wrote: > > See here: > > > > http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/greenplum-takes-27-million-series-c/ > > > > Note quote from Jonathan Schwartz about commitment to PostgreSQL. > > I don't see the word PostgreSQL anywhere in there. > Is the real reason Sun bought mysql because Jonathon got tired of people making fun of his inability to pronounce postgres-q-l ?!? -- Robert Treat Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} Postgre
--- On Tue, 1/22/08, Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/greenplum-takes-27-million-series-c/ > > > > > > Note quote from Jonathan Schwartz about > commitment to PostgreSQL. In what ways does the investment in Greenplum translates into support for the PostgreSQL project? I only ask because I don't much about the relationship that GreenPlum has with the project. Regards, Richard Broersma Jr.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:54:21 -0800 (PST) Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma@yahoo.com> wrote: > I only ask because I don't much about the relationship that GreenPlum > has with the project. Its indirect for sure but it is there. Greenplum for example is a major sponsor of the current proposal for the new partitioning features coming up in 8.4. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake - -- The PostgreSQL Company: Since 1997, http://www.commandprompt.com/ Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate SELECT 'Training', 'Consulting' FROM vendor WHERE name = 'CMD' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHlj1nATb/zqfZUUQRAqpWAJ9PKIQ3Xi0YhgahQ+kBCJ4c7xi/mACgqnwa LjNNvcWkDE+aEC1POAy+JKY= =nvyi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Yep, we are contributors and a working example of PostgreSQL solving the world's important data challenges (wait for upcoming customer announcements of near petabyte systems).
Granted we've done so with modified product, but we retain compatibility through interfaces and share code as much as possible. From my viewpoint the relationship is symbiotic between PostgreSQL and Greenplum.
- Luke
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Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I only ask because I don't much about the relationship that GreenPlum
> has with the project.
Its indirect for sure but it is there. Greenplum for example is a major
sponsor of the current proposal for the new partitioning features coming
up in 8.4.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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Robert Treat wrote: > Is the real reason Sun bought mysql because Jonathon got tired of people > making fun of his inability to pronounce postgres-q-l ?!? Perhaps he'll use the influence this investment gives him to get Greenplum to rename Bizgres to BizgreSQL.
On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 10:54 -0800, Richard Broersma Jr wrote: > --- On Tue, 1/22/08, Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/greenplum-takes-27-million-series-c/ > > > > > > > > Note quote from Jonathan Schwartz about > > commitment to PostgreSQL. > > In what ways does the investment in Greenplum translates into support for the PostgreSQL project? > > I only ask because I don't much about the relationship that GreenPlum has with the project. Greenplum have sponsored me in the past, from which we got Partitioning and some major Sort improvements, as well as research into faster loading. Greenplum engineers have provided a number of performance fixes as well, mainly around the loading mechanisms. They've also provided sponsorship for conferences and meetings, all very important. For 8.4 we have some commitments to further development of partitioning, plus hopes that bitmap indexes will be reworked for inclusion. With the additional funding, I think we'll see those things happen. -- Simon Riggs 2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com