Thread: Sourceforge moving from PostgreSQL to Oracle
Hi everyone, Has anyone else noticed that Sourceforge.net is moving from PostgreSQL to Oracle? Just noticed in their jobs page they're looking for a DBA to assist them in the transition from PostgreSQL to Oracle. http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=7438&group_id=1#dba Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
> Hi everyone, > > Has anyone else noticed that Sourceforge.net is moving from PostgreSQL > to Oracle? > > Just noticed in their jobs page they're looking for a DBA to assist them > in the transition from PostgreSQL to Oracle. > > http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=7438&group_id=1#dba I talked to them at LinuxWorld andthey want to add Oracle compatibility to get a greater market for their "commercial" version of Source Forge. I don't think they are dropping PostgreSQL, but I may be wrong. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
pgman@candle.pha.pa.us (Bruce Momjian) wrote in message news:<200111041547.fA4Fl6221129@candle.pha.pa.us>... > > Hi everyone, > > > > Has anyone else noticed that Sourceforge.net is moving from PostgreSQL > > to Oracle? > > > > Just noticed in their jobs page they're looking for a DBA to assist them > > in the transition from PostgreSQL to Oracle. I seriously doubt that they are moving to Oracle. If nothing else, they won't want to pay for it. However, they probably are trying to make sourceforge Oracle compatible. That is just smart business. Joshua Drake Co-Author: Practical PostgreSQL http://stage.linuxports.com/projects/postgres http://www.postgresql.info
> I seriously doubt that they are moving to Oracle. If nothing else, > they won't want to pay for it. However, they probably are trying to Oh, they can afford it. The annual report that came in my mailbox today says they had apprximately $83 million in cash and marketable securities at the close of Fiscal 2001 (July I think). -- Like to travel? http://TravTalk.org Micah Yoder Internet Development http://yoderdev.com
yodermk@home.com (Micah Yoder) wrote in message news:<20011106084527.STAI28565.femail30.sdc1.sfba.home.com@there>... > > I seriously doubt that they are moving to Oracle. If nothing else, > > they won't want to pay for it. However, they probably are trying to > > Oh, they can afford it. The annual report that came in my mailbox today says > they had apprximately $83 million in cash and marketable securities at the > close of Fiscal 2001 (July I think). But what was their burn rate? How much are they LOOSING every month?
On Mar 06 Nov 2001 18:08, Joshua Drake wrote:
> yodermk@home.com (Micah Yoder) wrote in message
> news:<20011106084527.STAI28565.femail30.sdc1.sfba.home.com@there>...
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> > > I seriously doubt that they are moving to Oracle. If nothing else,
> > >
> > > they won't want to pay for it. However, they probably are trying to
> >
> > Oh, they can afford it. The annual report that came in my mailbox today
> > says
> >
> > they had apprximately $83 million in cash and marketable securities at
> > the
> >
> > close of Fiscal 2001 (July I think).
>
> But what was their burn rate? How much are they LOOSING every month?
Sorry to say you guys may by wrong. I heard that SourceForge was loosing to
much $$$ that they might not get to the end of the year.
The KDE team is conserned, as they use SourceForge for all the internet
development.
I really dought they they will move to Oracle, unless Oracle puts money in
some way to overcome the loses.
Saludos... :-)
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Porqué usar una base de datos relacional cualquiera,
si podés usar PostgreSQL?
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> Sorry to say you guys may by wrong. I heard that SourceForge was loosing to > much $$$ that they might not get to the end of the year. Just read much of the rest of the report tonight. SourceForge.net is an ESSENTIAL site for them. They're banking on the SourceForge code to bring in revenue. SourceForge.net is the largest implementation of SourceForge, and it's great proof that their only real product works. Also since many Open Source developers use sf.net, they will likely recommend it to their bosses. Then there's ad revenue... Because of all that, I'm convinced that SourceForge.net will stay around as long as VA Linux itself does. Dropping it would be suicide. Yes, they lost a LOT of money last year, but much (most?) of it was in one-time charges. With fewer employees, they should be able to last a while. Their labor costs should be well under $20 million this year based on my rough estimate. So if they can get any kind of revenue from selling SF enterprise solutions, they should be OK for a while. Now, what to do about that @$#%#$^ stock... I guess I lost a few thousand already, so a couple hundred more (worst case) won't hurt too bad. And if they can indeed make SF successful in the enterprise, I can see it being a good solid company again at some point. BTW, the book value looks to be just under $3 a share, so at the current price it *should* be a bargain (again, if indeed there's any hope for their plans). Micah -- Like to travel? http://TravTalk.org Micah Yoder Internet Development http://yoderdev.com