O'Reilly Radar: EnterpriseDB is/n't Open Source
Mar 02, 2007, 00:15 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Allison Randal)
"Tim and I had a great conversation with Andy Astor of
EnterpriseDB last week. EnterpriseDB is a drop-in replacement for
Oracle, based on the PostgreSQL codebase. Rather than forking the
code, they've developed their product as a collection of extensions
on top of PostgreSQL, and their releases track the latest version
of the public code. They contribute patches back to the core in the
virtuous cycle of benefit->contribute->benefit. They hire
several developers to work on PostgreSQL (6, last I heard), and are
among the largest donators to PostgreSQL.org. They're a significant
open source success story as a viable and growing competitor to the
largest commercial database on the market. And yet, they've met a
mixed response in the community: enthusiasm for their contributions
and participation, but hesitation because their extensions aren't
open source..."
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