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2004-12-28 Best wishes Geoff. [NEWS]
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Geoff Davidson has resigned from PostgreSQL, Inc.'s Board of Directors and from his other business activities for the company.
Geoff remains committed to the advancement of open source software and to the future of PostgreSQL, and thanks the hundreds of people in both communities that he has enjoyed the privilege of working with.

2003-08-26 eRServer© v1.0+BSD
PostgreSQL, Inc. Releases Open Source Replication Version (PDF)
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PostgreSQL, Inc. is today contributing its commercially developed replication solution, eRServer(c) v1.0+ for the PostgreSQL™ database, to the PostgreSQL™ project and the global open source community. This is part of PostgreSQL, Inc.'s ongoing commitment to promoting open source software by adding a crucial enterprise component to the world's most advanced open source database.

"eRServer gives us one of the 'top five' components that the PostgreSQL™ database has needed in order to compete with commercial enterprise databases such as Oracle and DB2 on equal terms," said Josh Berkus, member of the PostgreSQL™ Global Development Group (PGDG).

2003-06-27 NEW PostgreSQL, Inc. Support & Associate Programs
With Increased Access to eRServer© (PDF)
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PostgreSQL, Inc. (PgSQL) today announces a sweeping set of changes to our Annual Support Certificates, and the introduction of our new PostgreSQL, Inc. Associate Programs.

"After several years of offering annual support plans, PgSQL is responding to client requests to provide a number key enhancements." states PgSQL President, Marc Fournier, "This helps to make more of our support available to more of each client's front line developers and systems administrators, and gives smaller companies access to our database replication utilities".

2003-04-23 OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
Case Studies Examining its Use [Dravis, 2003] (PDF)
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Key Research Findings
  • Cost is a significant factor driving adoption.
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  • Control and flexibility are considered benefits as well.
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  • Implementation of open solutions is evolutionary, not revolutionary.
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  • Open source extends across the entire software stack.
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  • Product support is not a significant concern.
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  • Open source is not a magic solution.
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  • Open standards may be more important than open source.
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    2003-01-15 PostgreSQL, Inc. @ Open Source Weekend
    Ottawa, Ontario • January 25th & 26th     [PRESS]
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    PostgreSQL, Inc. (PgSQL) will be participating with the free license and open source software communities (FLOSS) in the upcoming Open Source Weekend in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

    "The Open Source Weekend ... features presentations, tutorials, and demos including those by IBM, Sun Microsystems, OEone, and many experts on open source topics for both newcomers and advanced users." outlines program organizer Dave Edwards, "Attendees will come away with a better understanding of open source software -- its paradigm, its use, and its future."

    2002-12-16 eRServer v1.2 Released [PRESS]
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    "The latest update to our commercial replication solution began shipping today" announced Marc Fournier, President of PostgreSQL, Inc.'s (PgSQL).

    "...customers gain the advantage of a streamlined installation for replicating to one or multiple slave databases, while still retaining all of the flexibility for complex configurations in large scale environments," states Justin Clift, Director of Australia's Digital Distribution Global Financial Services.

    2002-11-21 Thank you Thomas. [NEWS]
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    Thomas Lockhart has resigned from the PostgreSQL, Inc. Board of Directors to focus more of his time and energies on his local community, friends and family.
    As everyone who has worked with Thomas knows, he has made invaluable contributions to the company, and to the PostgreSQL™ Global Development Group, and we are all grateful for the years of his service this community has been privileged with. His generous help and his sage counsel will be missed.

    2002-11-04 PostgreSQL, Inc. Teams Up with Fitcom Srl, and the PgMarket Storefront Solution[PRESS]
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    "Today Fitcom has joined our elite network of PostgreSQL, Inc. Platinum Certified Alliance Program (CAP) Partners, providing Fitcom's clients with access to all our programs, and ensuring PgMarket is a product that can be fully supported by any of our partners worldwide."

    2002-10-07 PostgreSQL, Inc. and Vanten K.K. Team Up In Japan [PRESS]
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    "PostgreSQL™ has a large and dedicated following in Japan," observes Geoff Davidson, CEO of PostgreSQL, Inc., "It has taken almost two years to identify a company with extraordinary PostgreSQL™ database competencies who also shares our passion and commitment to delivering only the highest value and Values to all our mutual clients in Japan. Vanten is that company, and I'm pleased to announce that today we have reached an agreement to have them represent our products, services and other partners as our first PRIME Certified Alliance Program Partner (CAP)."