On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Lou Picciano <loupicciano@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'd be happy to offer Solaris build services, as well, should this become an > issue - for as long as we can maintain our loyalty to Solaris. We are > dependent now on the same set of variables to which Tom alludes. I think > the inference must be: That a company wielding the resources of an Oracle > could have long ago made a clear commitment to its de facto (if inherited) > opensource community, if such a commitment had been its intention. > We're now all in limbo on this... > And don't forget the hard work of Steve Christensen; Steve continues to > offer builds of PostgreSQL - and loads of other immensely useful packages - > on SunFreeware, even in the face of tenuous support from Sun. Thank You, > Steve! Last company I worked at we used Oracle and the instant client had an RPM version for RHEL4. It was something like 3 versions behind. Oracle's answer to my queries to have a new version made? "Why don't you make it?" Wow, that's some support there... I have no great hopes for Sun under Oracle management. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
