Thread: RE: [GENERAL] Intro/Win9X

Well, is there NT version for evaluation?

-----Original Message-----
From: The Hermit Hacker [mailto:scrappy@hub.org]
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 12:45 PM
To: Dan Boutin
Cc: pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Intro/Win9X


On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Dan Boutin wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My name is Dan Boutin.  I am just getting started exploring the
> opportunities with Linux.  I am currently developing a VB/SQL Server
> application that I wish to run on PostgreSQL instead...mainly because of
the
> cost savings it will give the customer.
>
> I saw on the web site that there is a Win9X version available.  Is there a

> trial version that I can download so I can evaluate the product instead of

> having to purchase the full Win9X product?  I don't have a Linux box set
up
> yet, but will do so soon, but I would like to evaluate PostgreSQL to see
if
> it performs as well as SQL Server.

There is no Win9X version of PostgreSQL available, that I am aware
of...closest is WinNT...



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----- Original Message -----
From: Huynh, Long <Lhuynh@USFreightways.com>
To: <pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 2:16 AM
Subject: RE: [GENERAL] Intro/Win9X


> Well, is there NT version for evaluation?

Well, there's no PostgreSQL evaluation.  And what is more, Postgres is open
source.

Alexei Zakharov wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Huynh, Long <Lhuynh@USFreightways.com>
> To: <pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 2:16 AM
> Subject: RE: [GENERAL] Intro/Win9X
>
> > Well, is there NT version for evaluation?
>
> Well, there's no PostgreSQL evaluation.  And what is more, Postgres is open
> source.

Translation:
In a world without fences, who needs Gates?
It's free software, download the real thing, no fees, no per seat, no per user.

Really.

-Ronabop

greets,

does anyone ever look in ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub ?
there is a precompiled nt binary in there. has been for a while.

jeff


On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Ron Chmara wrote:

>
>
> Alexei Zakharov wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Huynh, Long <Lhuynh@USFreightways.com>
> > To: <pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 2:16 AM
> > Subject: RE: [GENERAL] Intro/Win9X
> >
> > > Well, is there NT version for evaluation?
> >
> > Well, there's no PostgreSQL evaluation.  And what is more, Postgres is open
> > source.
>
> Translation:
> In a world without fences, who needs Gates?
> It's free software, download the real thing, no fees, no per seat, no per user.
>
> Really.
>
> -Ronabop
>
> ************
>

Jeff MacDonald
jeff@hub.org

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