Обсуждение: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] MySQL gets $19.5 MM
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Gearon [mailto:gearond@cvc.net] > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:13 AM > To: Dann Corbit > Cc: josh@agliodbs.com; jm.poure@freesurf.fr; > pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org; pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] MySQL gets $19.5 MM > > > For Postgres? Maybe I was hallucinating. I thought I remembered that someone at Redhat was going to work through the NIST validation suite, but I can't remember where I read it and I can't find the message. > Dann Corbit wrote: > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Dennis Gearon [mailto:gearond@cvc.net] > >>Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:57 AM > >>To: josh@agliodbs.com > >>Cc: jm.poure@freesurf.fr; pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org; > >>pgsql-general@postgresql.org > >>Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] MySQL gets $19.5 MM > >> > >> > >>all very good points. And I felt a little bit of bile in my > >>mouth, myself, when I realized, several years ago, the true > >>development and business model behind MySQL. Also, the > >>HODGEPODGE way they added features from other development projects. > >> > >>But others are right. We need someone like IBM is to Linux, > >>or Apple is to Konqueror. Someone who puts a lot of time and > >>money into the product for their own selfish interests, but > >>then releases it. > > > > > > Isn't Redhat doing that? > > > > I heard they were working on a complete NIST validation. That's a > > stupendous effort. > > > >
On Tuesday 10 Jun 2003 7:55 pm, Dann Corbit wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dennis Gearon [mailto:gearond@cvc.net] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:13 AM > > To: Dann Corbit > > Cc: josh@agliodbs.com; jm.poure@freesurf.fr; > > pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org; pgsql-general@postgresql.org > > Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] MySQL gets $19.5 MM > > > > > > For Postgres? > > Maybe I was hallucinating. I thought I remembered that someone at > Redhat was going to work through the NIST validation suite, but I can't > remember where I read it and I can't find the message. I seem to remember someone from RedHat asking a question about some fairly obscure SQL-compliance problem recently. Something with aggregates in sub-selects? No official announcements I know of though. -- Richard Huxton
Dann Corbit wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dennis Gearon [mailto:gearond@cvc.net] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:13 AM > > To: Dann Corbit > > Cc: josh@agliodbs.com; jm.poure@freesurf.fr; > > pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org; pgsql-general@postgresql.org > > Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] MySQL gets $19.5 MM > > > > > > For Postgres? > > Maybe I was hallucinating. I thought I remembered that someone at > Redhat was going to work through the NIST validation suite, but I can't > remember where I read it and I can't find the message. The report came from Tom mentioning NIST failures in testing, particularly related to how we handle aggregates in HAVING subqueries. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073