Microsoft Acquires Another Open-Source Company, Citus Data (cnbc.com)

Microsoft on Thursday said that it's acquiring Citus Data, a start-up that has commercialized open-source database software called PostgreSQL. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. From a report: The deal could help Microsoft make its argument that it supports open-source technologies, particularly in the cloud, while continuing to make money from popular proprietary software like Windows and Office. In the cloud business, Microsoft wants to use openness as a way to pick up business amid competition from Google, market leader Amazon and others. Currently, Citus Data's website advertises a version of its database software that's hosted on Amazon Web Services. Microsoft's blog post announcing the acquisition mentions the competing Azure cloud 10 times.

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Citus Does Not Own PostgreSQL

[Anonymous Coward]

They matket an add-on to helpit scale and they offer PostgreSQL as SaaS.

Relax;

Before everyone freaks out

[IMightB]

So everyone knows Citus is a PG Extension to allow for distributed queries, it is *not* the postgresql project itself.