EnterpriseDB和PostgreSQL

EnterpriseDB？ 没听过，什么东东？

Postgres Plus Advanced Server?  没听过

Postgres Plus Standard Server? 嗯，还是没听过

PostgreSQL？ 哈哈，听过听过

 

OK，go back --&gt

 

1977年 加州大学伯克利分校的Michael Stonebraker开启了一个新的数据库项目Ingres

1989年 更名为Postgres

1994年 让我们自豪的人物出现啦，来自中国香港的Andrew Yu和Jolly Chen将当时的
               Postgres自己特有的Postquel查询语言换成了SQL92，从此Postgres与国际化
               接轨。为了纪念，更名为Postgre95。

1997年 经过黑客们的努力，开发了第一个开源版本6.0，正式更名为PostgreSQL。

 

之后PostgreSQL走过了6.1，6.1.1，6.2，6.2.1，6.3，6.3.1，6.3.2，6.4，。。。。直到8.4，9.0，PostgreSQL还在继续蓬勃的发展

 

2004年 EnterpriseDB成立

2007年 EnterpriseDB经过很长时间的积累和准备，创建了EnterpriseDB版的PostgreSQL

 

 

Proprietary derivatives and support

Although the license allowed proprietary products based on Postgres, the code did not develop in the proprietary space at first — somewhat surprisingly considering the advantages Postgres offered. The main offshoot originated when Paula Hawthorn (an original Ingres team member who moved from Ingres) and Michael Stonebraker formed Illustra Information Technologies to make a proprietary product based on Postgres.

In 2000, former Red Hat investors created the company Great Bridge to make a proprietary product based on PostgreSQL and compete against proprietary database vendors. Great Bridge sponsored several PostgreSQL developers and donated many resources back to the community,^[28] but by late 2001 closed due to tough competition from companies like Red Hat and to poor market conditions.^[29]

In 2001, Command Prompt, Inc. released Mammoth PostgreSQL, a proprietary product based on PostgreSQL. In 2008, Command Prompt, Inc. released the source under the original license. Command Prompt, Inc. continues to support the PostgreSQL community actively through developer sponsorships and projects including PL/Perl, PL/php, and hosting of community projects such as the PostgreSQL Build Farm.

In January 2005, PostgreSQL received backing by database vendor Pervasive Software, known for its Btrieve product which was ubiquitous on the Novell NetWare platform. Pervasive announced commercial support and community participation and achieved some success. In July 2006, Pervasive left the PostgreSQL support market.^[30]

In mid-2005 two other companies announced plans to make proprietary products based on PostgreSQL with focus on separate niche markets. EnterpriseDB added functionality to allow applications written to work with Oracle to be more readily run with PostgreSQL. Greenplum contributed enhancements directed at data warehouse and business intelligence applications, including the BizGres project.

In October 2005, John Loiacono, executive vice president of software at Sun Microsystems, commented: "We're not going to OEM Microsoft but we are looking at PostgreSQL right now,"^[31] although no specifics were released at that time. By November 2005, Sun had announced support for PostgreSQL.^[32] By June 2006, Sun Solaris 10 (6/06 release) shipped with PostgreSQL.

In August 2007, EnterpriseDB announced^[33] the Postgres Resource Center [4] and EnterpriseDB Postgres, designed as a fully configured distribution of PostgreSQL including many contrib modules and add-on components. EnterpriseDB Postgres was renamed to Postgres Plus in March 2008. Postgres Plus is available in two versions: Postgres Plus Standard Server which has all the features of PostgreSQL plus additional QA testing, integrated components, tuning and one-click install, and Postgres Plus Advanced Server which has all the features of Postgres Standard Server plus Oracle compatibility, scalability features, and DBA and developer tools. Both versions are available for free and are fully supported, though the free version of Postgres Plus Advanced Server is restricted by a "limited use" license, which is defined as "confined to a single CPU, utilizing 1 GB RAM, storing no more than 6GB of data in a NON-PRODUCTION environment."

 

 

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