Re: (Chief) Wizard for hire...
On Tue, 29 May 2001 21:55:18 +0100, Paul Sharpe wrote: > Jonathan Stowe wrote: > > On Tue, 29 May 2001, Paul Sharpe wrote: > > > Doesn't PostgreSQL carry on the Illustra tradition? > > > > It went to Informix most recently and then of course to IBM. > > But didn't it come *from* Postgres? Yes, Illustra and PostgreSQL both have their roots in the Postgres DBMS. "Illustra [...] picked up the code and commercialized it" in 1992 (from http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?history.html) -- Peter Haworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet." -- Al Gore
Re: (Chief) Wizard for hire...
Jonathan Stowe wrote: > > On Tue, 29 May 2001, Paul Sharpe wrote: > > > > Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > > > > > > James Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > Ooh that would have been very useful for me at one time. > > > > > > I've got bells ringing in my head about how hard it was to get a C > > > library out of them in the early days. > > > > > > > > > > > "Illustra - Nice ideas, shame about the locking approach > > > > (and lack of outer joins, etc etc)!" > > > > > > Ah, but "Blades" and time series stuff. > > > > Doesn't PostgreSQL carry on the Illustra tradition? > > > > It went to Informix most recently and then of course to IBM. > > /J\ But didn't it come *from* Postgres? paul
Re: (Chief) Wizard for hire...
On Tue, 29 May 2001, Paul Sharpe wrote: > > Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > > > > James Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Ooh that would have been very useful for me at one time. > > > > I've got bells ringing in my head about how hard it was to get a C > > library out of them in the early days. > > > > > > > > "Illustra - Nice ideas, shame about the locking approach > > > (and lack of outer joins, etc etc)!" > > > > Ah, but "Blades" and time series stuff. > > Doesn't PostgreSQL carry on the Illustra tradition? > It went to Informix most recently and then of course to IBM. /J\
Re: (Chief) Wizard for hire...
Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > > James Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Ooh that would have been very useful for me at one time. > > I've got bells ringing in my head about how hard it was to get a C > library out of them in the early days. > > > > > "Illustra - Nice ideas, shame about the locking approach > > (and lack of outer joins, etc etc)!" > > Ah, but "Blades" and time series stuff. Doesn't PostgreSQL carry on the Illustra tradition? paul
Re: (Chief) Wizard for hire...
James Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ooh that would have been very useful for me at one time. I've got bells ringing in my head about how hard it was to get a C library out of them in the early days. > > "Illustra - Nice ideas, shame about the locking approach > (and lack of outer joins, etc etc)!" Ah, but "Blades" and time series stuff. -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy
Re: (Chief) Wizard for hire...
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 07:39:33PM +0100, Peter Haworth wrote: > On Tue, 29 May 2001 15:43:49 +0100, James Powell wrote: > > Also, I see you've worked with the devil known as Illustra! > > > > Me too, condolences! > > Me too. I even wrote DBD::Illustra for it, although by the time I got permission to >release it, no one else in the World appeared to want it. Ooh that would have been very useful for me at one time. "Illustra - Nice ideas, shame about the locking approach (and lack of outer joins, etc etc)!" > > -- > Peter Haworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Remember: Perl abhors a naked circularity" > -- Tom Christiansen
Re: (Chief) Wizard for hire...
On Tue, 29 May 2001 15:43:49 +0100, James Powell wrote: > Also, I see you've worked with the devil known as Illustra! > > Me too, condolences! Me too. I even wrote DBD::Illustra for it, although by the time I got permission to release it, no one else in the World appeared to want it. -- Peter Haworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Remember: Perl abhors a naked circularity" -- Tom Christiansen
Re: (Chief) Wizard for hire...
James Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You've got a link to 127.0.0.1 on your CV page (sorry, I'm nosy). Actually, you're not the only one. There are some very nosy buggers out there... :-) -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy
Re: (Chief) Wizard for hire...
James Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You've got a link to 127.0.0.1 on your CV page (sorry, I'm nosy). Fixed, ta. The perils of a two-tier Apache :-) > > Also, I see you've worked with the devil known as Illustra! > > Me too, condolences! They had the right idea... ;-) Still, at least one guy walked away with plenty of money! -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy
Re: (Chief) Wizard for hire...
You've got a link to 127.0.0.1 on your CV page (sorry, I'm nosy). Also, I see you've worked with the devil known as Illustra! Me too, condolences! jp On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 03:26:57PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > > All the current projects are done and dusted and the T-shirts are at > the printers (really!). I'm looking for the next round of excellent > clients to work with. > > Take a look at my site at http://www.hodgkinson.org/ to see what I'm > up to. > > Thanks, > > Dave > > -- > Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org > Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com > Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy >
(Chief) Wizard for hire...
All the current projects are done and dusted and the T-shirts are at the printers (really!). I'm looking for the next round of excellent clients to work with. Take a look at my site at http://www.hodgkinson.org/ to see what I'm up to. Thanks, Dave -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy
