| From: | Ian Barwick <barwick(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Edwin New <edwin_new(at)toll(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL still for Linux only? |
| Date: | 2005-03-09 07:03:44 |
| Message-ID: | 1d581afe0503082303499a47d7@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 16:02:46 +1100, Edwin New <edwin_new(at)toll(dot)com(dot)au> wrote:
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>
> I don't want to split hairs, but wasn't Firebird originally Interbase? If
> so, you'll find it was originally a *nix product before it was a Windows
> database (back in the Ashton-Tate days for those with long memories).
"InterBase started on Apollo Domain, a spectacularly wonderful
workstation with terrific networking. The initial release supported
Apollo, Sun, HP/UX, VAX/VMS, Ultrix, and something else that escapes
me. So, if you wonder 'was InterBase originally a Windows/DOS
system?', the answer is 'no'."
From: http://firebird.sourceforge.net/index.php?op=history&id=ann_2
(This page: http://firebird.sourceforge.net/index.php?op=history&id=ann_1
says also: "InterBase started in the shower." Maybe the "something
else that escapes me" was NetBSD? ;-)
Ian Barwick
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