Thread: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Not 7.5, but 8.0 ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Eisentraut [mailto:peter_e@gmx.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 10:04 PM
> To: Matthew T. O'Connor
> Cc: Christopher Kings-Lynne; Greg Stark; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] [pgsql-advocacy] Not 7.5, but 8.0 ?
>
>
> Matthew T. O'Connor writes:
>
> > Absolutely!  In addition, even if you don't consider win32
> a platform
> > to run production databases on, the win32 port will help developers
> > who work from windows boxes, which is the certainly the most widely
> > used desktop environment.
>
> At the risk of stating the obvious: Cygwin is your friend in
> exactly this case.

Yes, but how friendly is it?

Cygwin requires a license for commercial use.

Dann Corbit writes:

> > At the risk of stating the obvious: Cygwin is your friend in
> > exactly this case.
>
> Yes, but how friendly is it?

What are you asking here?  Is it easy to install and use?  Yes.

> Cygwin requires a license for commercial use.

No, it does not.

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net