Re: Time to work on Press Release 8.0

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> >>Replication for PostgreSQL is *not* a new thing ... its not something that
> >>is first available in 8.0.0, but has been available since 7.2 ... if it
> >>were something new, fine, touting that we've finally got a replication
> >>solution is good.  But replication is *old news*, plain and simple ...
> >
> >
> > But many feel Slony is far better than previous solutions and should be
> > touted as we have touted other replication solutions in the past.
>
> Does a solution have to be Open Source to be touted?

Yes.  Open source, free, BSD licensed, etc.  You don't see me asking to
mention Powergres in the press release, and I don't think it makes sense
to do so.

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