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Sun Announces Support for PostgreSQL

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the open-for-business dept.

jadavis writes "Sun announces 24x7 support for PostgreSQL on Solaris 10. From the article: 'Today Sun announced that it will be integrating the Postgres open source data base into the Solaris 10 OS and providing world-wide 24x7 support for customers who wish to develop and deploy open source database solutions into their enterprise environments. Sun is working with the PostgresSQL community to take advantage of the advanced technologies in the Solaris 10 OS, such as Predictive Self-Healing, Solaris Containers and Solaris Dynamic Tracing (DTrace).'"

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  1. Trolltrain leaving at platform 9... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Oh boy, I can't wait to read the spin the large contigent of shrieking anti-Sun trolls on Slashdot are going to put on this one. "They picked Postgres ahead of mySQL. OMG Sun is hating open source and trying to kill it as usual!"

  2. Fucking great. by Spazntwich · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah, moderate me off topic, troll, flaimbait, or otherwise, but considering how many worthwhile articles get ignored and how many worthless ones get duped, how does shit like this make it onto the front page?

    Nobody gives a flying fuck about Sun's latest announcement of compatibility with their dated and obsolete software. Nobody gives a shit about some obscure product recently reviewed and submitted by the same person. This article is a prime example of why slashdot has sucked hairy electronic cock lately, and it needs to stop.

    To be completely honest, I don't even know why I'm punching my karma in the throat like this. It's only going to fall on deaf ears anyway.

    1. Re:Fucking great. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Then filter Sun topics you fucking baby.

    2. Re:Fucking great. by joey_knisch · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      I think what you have run into is the slashdot nerd-ego. There are a ton of /.rs that think they are gods gift to technology. They like to hear themselves talk about "nerdy" things so they get these articles about software they will never touch and pretend to read it just hard enough so they can spout off about it to a cube neighbor.

      I know at least one person will tell me about this article today and:

      1) they have never set up postgresql.
      2) they have never set up solaris.
      3) they sure as hell havn't set up postgresql on solaris.

      perhaps /. editors should have a nice article about firefox (since they released v 1.5rc3)
      or google (since a link "Try searching for test on Google Book Search") is now in my results
      or any number of other tech related happenings.

  3. Why MySQL and not PostgreSQL? by HvitRavn · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    From what I've heard from my webhosts, MySQL is easy to get up and running in a multiuser environment, whereas PostgreSQL is not quite that easy. I have not explored the multiuser capabilities of PostgreSQL myself, but I guess it may as well have to do with the available admin tools (phpMyAdmin vs ???).

  4. moD uP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    as those non gay, guys are usuualy they are Come