From: | "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | "Merlin Moncure" <merlin(at)rcsonline(dot)com>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: PostGres and WIN32, a plea! |
Date: | 2002-11-26 15:43:20 |
Message-ID: | 03AF4E498C591348A42FC93DEA9661B8128C76@mail.vale-housing.co.uk |
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Merlin Moncure [mailto:merlin(at)rcsonline(dot)com]
> Sent: 22 November 2002 21:25
> To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [HACKERS] PostGres and WIN32, a plea!
>
>
> I had read on one of the newsgroups that there is a planned
> native port to the win32 platform, is this true? I read most
> of the win32 thread off of the dev site and it was not clear
> if this was true.
Hi Merlin,
This is true - the port is being actively worked on (see recent posts
from Bruce Momjian). A number of us have also been involved with the
closed source beta testing recently.
> I think postgres is the fastest
> database ever written for pc hardware, with the one possible
> exception of Microsoft Foxpro (note: not written by
> Microsoft).
Hmm, ever tried using a large multiuser database such as a finance
system using a Foxpro database? Network managers have been known to
murder for less... :-)
Regards, Dave.
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