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  • Well, folks, it's that time of year again! That time when we spend a few weeks arguing over phrasing in the PostgreSQL Release. So, here's starting it off (get your word-axes ready): (oh, and this is ...
    Josh BerkusJosh Berkus
    Aug 26, 2005 at 9:02 pm
    Oct 3, 2005 at 6:51 pm
  • two-queries, 1) Is there a PostgreSQL equivalent certification to the MySQL Core Certification (btw drawn #8 in certcites.com hottest 05 certifications list) ...
    Robert ClearyRobert Cleary
    Aug 24, 2005 at 10:37 am
    Oct 6, 2005 at 7:31 pm
  • Hi all, I've been doing some reflecting on some things I saw and heard at the OSCON this year, and I thought I'd note them here, more to prime discussion than to propose any strong conclusions. 1. ...
    Andrew SullivanAndrew Sullivan
    Aug 8, 2005 at 8:04 pm
    Aug 16, 2005 at 9:59 pm
  • Next year, the PostgreSQL project will have its 10-year anniversary. It has been proposed to celebrate that occasion with some kind of gathering of all the involved people. After some initial ...
    Peter EisentrautPeter Eisentraut
    Aug 4, 2005 at 8:34 pm
    Aug 10, 2005 at 7:38 pm
  • Many of you might have read this Slashdot item about Linux Mark Institute charging for the use of the Linux trademark by companies: ...
    Bruce MomjianBruce Momjian
    Aug 19, 2005 at 5:39 pm
    Sep 8, 2005 at 10:28 pm
  • Josh Drake pointed me to a recent thread titled "Thoughts after discussions at OSCON". (I'm his editor on PostgreSQL: The Definitive Guide) The main thrust of the thread didn't seem to be book ...
    Jonathan GennickJonathan Gennick
    Aug 10, 2005 at 10:56 pm
    Aug 17, 2005 at 1:50 pm
  • Hello, I heard EnterpriseDB mention that they are hosting the community within their booth at LinuxWorld this year. Question... Why isn't the community having their own booth? I am not criticizing ...
    Joshua D. DrakeJoshua D. Drake
    Aug 5, 2005 at 11:12 pm
    Aug 8, 2005 at 10:51 pm
  • To Everyone in the PostgreSQL Community: We just wrapped up our first Linux World, and I wanted to take the opportunity to report in on a couple of issues. First, as some of you may already know, ...
    Andy AstorAndy Astor
    Aug 12, 2005 at 3:39 pm
    Sep 8, 2005 at 9:38 am
  • I don't know if this matters to anyone, or if this is even the right list for this, but while doing some research on acid compliance, I found this: http://store.openbase.com/ChoosingTheRightDB.pdf ...
    Karim A NassarKarim A Nassar
    Aug 24, 2005 at 8:43 am
    Aug 26, 2005 at 7:01 pm
  • Just wondering what the general concencus is about enterpriseDB from the pgsql community? good or bad? I'm not 100% up to speed, with opensource development - but they seem to have a policy to ...
    Robert ClearyRobert Cleary
    Aug 11, 2005 at 4:21 pm
    Aug 14, 2005 at 10:30 am
  • Dear all, I am writing my diploma thesis on "Migrating to Open Source Databases" (at Technical University Berlin, Computer Science). For early review, I just finished a draft of my case study on ...
    Jutta HorstmannJutta Horstmann
    Aug 12, 2005 at 9:40 am
    Aug 12, 2005 at 1:33 pm
  • Say. just got this in my inbox. Any European PostgreSQLists interested? :) Regards, Dawid ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Arjen Lentz <[email protected] Date: Aug 3, 2005 11:47 PM ...
    Dawid KuroczkoDawid Kuroczko
    Aug 4, 2005 at 5:54 am
    Aug 5, 2005 at 9:05 am
  • Hello, O.k. between: SRA, CMD and Afilias we have CDs. CMD we have flyers and tables. SRA and CMD we have a banner that can be reused by the community. I hope other people are also bringing things. ...
    Joshua D. DrakeJoshua D. Drake
    Aug 2, 2005 at 8:44 pm
    Aug 3, 2005 at 5:15 am
  • Spikewatch is testing a number of different open-source components, including ours. If you click on a green datapoint, you can see what our actual code-coverage was for that test (presumably they're ...
    Jim C. NasbyJim C. Nasby
    Aug 26, 2005 at 8:41 pm
    Aug 26, 2005 at 10:40 pm
  • Shouldn't we add GreenPlum (Josh), EnterpriseDB (Alvaro), and ODSL (Mark Wong) to our sponsors page? http://www.postgresql.org/about/sponsors -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us ...
    Bruce MomjianBruce Momjian
    Aug 13, 2005 at 5:04 pm
    Aug 15, 2005 at 3:59 pm
  • http://www.cafepress.com/nucleartacos.26229228 Cruel, cruel commentary from a T-shirt. A -- Andrew Sullivan | [email protected] The plural of anecdote is not data. --Roger Brinner
    Andrew SullivanAndrew Sullivan
    Aug 10, 2005 at 6:11 pm
    Aug 14, 2005 at 7:05 pm
  • I think that commercial interest in PostgreSQL is really picking up rather nicely. PostgreSQL is generally accepted by techies (of all varieties) to be superior to MySQL and an increasingly worthy ...
    Denis LussierDenis Lussier
    Aug 14, 2005 at 5:05 am
    Aug 14, 2005 at 4:59 pm
  • Folks, Who's submitting a paper for this? Open Source Database Conference 05 November 7 to 9, 2005 Frankfurt, Germany It would be good to coordinate to make sure that PostgreSQL is adequately ...
    Josh BerkusJosh Berkus
    Aug 12, 2005 at 5:16 pm
    Aug 14, 2005 at 1:52 pm
  • Hi; I have just posted a MySQL to PostgreSQL migration guide at http://www.metatrontech.com/wpapers and it is free for pretty much any use (I do have a somewhat toned-down advertising clause in the ...
    Chris TraversChris Travers
    Aug 1, 2005 at 5:51 am
    Aug 1, 2005 at 5:19 pm
  • I've been involved with a couple Compiere (on Oracle projects). I think it's a darn good product, but, I don't think their CRM module is very feature-rich yet (at least it wasn't six months ago). I ...
    Denis LussierDenis Lussier
    Aug 6, 2005 at 6:13 am
    Aug 6, 2005 at 5:31 pm
  • The Open Source Database Conference 2005 finally has a web site: http://www.opendbcon.net/ Although it's not yet visible, there's quite a lineup of PostgreSQL talks, and I imagine that even some of ...
    Peter EisentrautPeter Eisentraut
    Aug 31, 2005 at 10:47 pm
    Aug 31, 2005 at 10:56 pm
  • I just got off the phone today with Anthony Molinaro, who is writing our upcomming SQL Cookbook. Somehow we got to talking about PostgreSQL and MySQL, and Anthony spoke very glowingly about the ...
    Jonathan GennickJonathan Gennick
    Aug 25, 2005 at 2:01 pm
    Aug 26, 2005 at 1:26 am
  • To quote: "By default, PostgreSQL is probably the most security-aware database available ..." Database Hacker's Handbook Lithcfield et. al. Wiley ...
    Josh BerkusJosh Berkus
    Aug 17, 2005 at 12:51 am
    Aug 17, 2005 at 1:50 pm
  • Ok I'll admit it, it was a horribly stupid joke. Sch "moo" ing. Since I can't put this thread in reverse, I can only hope it will stop. :-) --Luss From: Jim C. Nasby Sent: Sun 7/31/2005 1:02 AM To: ...
    Denis LussierDenis Lussier
    Aug 1, 2005 at 8:54 am
    Aug 1, 2005 at 4:56 pm
  • Andy, Sure, why don't we hit up Coverity and do an actual "code report" on their site? Wouldn't hurt any. --Josh -- __Aglio Database Solutions_______________ Josh Berkus Consultant [email protected] ...
    Josh BerkusJosh Berkus
    Aug 30, 2005 at 8:01 pm
    Aug 30, 2005 at 8:01 pm
  • I have the following conferences scheduled: Sept 7-10, Sri Lanka Sept 17, New York City October 17-20, Amsterdam Information is on the PostgreSQL Events list and my home page. I also have a possible ...
    Bruce MomjianBruce Momjian
    Aug 28, 2005 at 10:26 pm
    Aug 28, 2005 at 10:26 pm
  • This has been a busy month for me: I've got a new article out on http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2005/08/25/bittorrent.html (Orielly's site). It's my way of promoting PostgreSQL ;-) The ...
    Robert BernierRobert Bernier
    Aug 26, 2005 at 11:14 am
    Aug 26, 2005 at 11:14 am
  • Folks, The Open Source Database Conference organizers have asked me to try to scare up a talk on Open Source Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Particularly wanted is any direct comparisons of cost ...
    Josh BerkusJosh Berkus
    Aug 18, 2005 at 4:12 pm
    Aug 18, 2005 at 4:12 pm
  • October 5-6, 2005 Olympia 2, London Can I ask for volunteers on the stand please? Best Regards, Simon Riggs
    Simon RiggsSimon Riggs
    Aug 8, 2005 at 8:26 pm
    Aug 8, 2005 at 8:26 pm
  • Thanks to one of the Greenplum folks: ===================================== Excerpt from the Agile Rails Development book ( beta ) Mortgage processing engine (www.rapidreporting.com) Rapid Reporting ...
    Josh BerkusJosh Berkus
    Aug 8, 2005 at 4:48 pm
    Aug 8, 2005 at 4:48 pm
  • Folks, Just to make it crystal clear, since previous e-mails did not make it clear that this was a change: The PostgreSQL BOF at Linux World Expo San Francisco, originally scheduled for Tuesday at ...
    Josh BerkusJosh Berkus
    Aug 8, 2005 at 4:33 pm
    Aug 8, 2005 at 4:33 pm
  • In "local news," an announcement has gone out regarding "LinuxWorld Canada": LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Canada 2006 will be on April 24,25,26, 2006. http://www.linuxworldcanada.com/ We're looking ...
    Chris BrowneChris Browne
    Aug 8, 2005 at 1:57 am
    Aug 8, 2005 at 1:57 am
  • Not sure how big it is internationally, but it's a well known rag in the UK. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/03/postgre_bi/ -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd
    Richard HuxtonRichard Huxton
    Aug 4, 2005 at 9:31 am
    Aug 4, 2005 at 9:31 am
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