Re: [GENERAL] Postgres-based system to run .org registry?

It's on Slashdot, but there's only one post there that mentions the use of 
Postgresql.

On 14 Oct 2002, Robert Treat wrote:

> Yep, that's them. This is a big win from a PostgreSQL advocacy position,
> especially since oracle pr made an official statement against the use of
> PostgreSQL. Has this info hit any of the linux oriented news sites
> (linux-today, slashdot, etc...) If not someone from the PostgreSQL
> marketing dept. (wink wink) should come up with a press release.
> 
> Robert Treat
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David De Graff" <postgresql@awarehouse.com>
> To: <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>; <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>;
> <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:42 PM
> Subject: [GENERAL] Postgres-based system to run .org registry?
> 
> 
> > The Internet Society (ISOC) won the bid to replace Verisign as the
> .org
> > registry. They're going to subcontract to Afilias, who has been
> running the
> > .info registry.
> > 
> > See:
> > http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-14oct02.htm
> > http://www.afilias.info/about_afilias/dotorg/index_html
> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23669-2002Oct14.html
> > 
> > Is this the same group that recently asked for input on their
> proposal,
> > which specified Postgres as the registry database?
> > 
> > (For some reason I can't find the recent thread on their proposal on
> the
> > hackers, general or admin lists.)
> > 
> > Dave De Graff
> 
> 
> 
> 
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