Re: [mail] Re: Windows Build System

Tom Lane wrote:

>mlw <pgsql@mohawksoft.com> writes:
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>>Like it or not, if PG releases a very good Win32 port, ALL the unixoids 
>>combined will be out numbered by the windoze users.
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>A lot of us are *not* looking forward to that prospect.
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>            regards, tom lane
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No doubt to that, but, depending on how good "the" PG guys are, it is 
either a blessing or a curse.  I think that PG has a REAL chance to be 
one of "THE" breakthrough open source technologies.

With the exception of OpenOffice, I don't think there is a more 
important open source project than PG. Simply because SQL databases are 
a cooperative monopoly. MS, Oracle, and DB2 are like the record 
companies. They have a cooperative monopoly. Yea, they will seem to 
compete on price, but none of them really whant to know how low the 
other will go.

Some may argue that Apache or PHP may take second place, but I submit 
that Apache and PHP are, by and large, much less expensive and much less 
generic  products as an ACID compliant SQL databases.

That being said, if a good Win32 port is made, AND it becomes common 
knkowledge, the use count may square.