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podcast interview about postgreSql

On 10/11/07, Fernando Vilas <fvilas at iname.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 11 October 2007 06:44:30 Dustin Puryear wrote:
> > I thought this was an interesting interview:
> >
> > http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2007/08/22/interview-with-josh-berkus-postgre
> >sql-core-team-lead-sun-microsystems/
> >
> > What I thought was interesting was that even though Sean, the
> > interviewer, mentioned the word "MySQL", it was never brought up again. :)
>
> Very interesting interview.  I knew PostgreSQL was the default db on Solaris
> distributions (at least 11/06 and 08/07), but I didn't realize how involved
> Sun was in the development.  And I'm glad to see their policy about not
> shipping with any patches that don't have a really good shot at getting into
> the mainline.
>
> There was an announcement recently about a PostgreSQL patch to support SELinux
> labels.  With Sun having the Trusted Extensions in Solaris 10 just to get
> EAL4+LSPP, it will be interesting to see if some of those patches have to do
> with TX.  Or even better, if the pgsql daemon learns to read CIPSO headers on
> packets sent to its port.
>
> On another note, the db holy war is very much in the realm of vi/emacs,
> Linux/BSD, GPL/BSD, and the like.  The PostgreSQL developers were wise to
> dodge that.  I like that PostgreSQL focuses so much on standards compliance
> to aid in portability, both in terms of ANSI SQL and POSIX interfaces, and I
> tend to use it for my own projects, but I've used others and I don't engage
> in zealotry about it.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Fernando Vilas
> fvilas at iname.com
>
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