Comments on: IBM invests in EnterpriseDB

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:49:57 +0000

“Oracle has everything but the OS.” Actually it does rebadge and support RedHat as Oracle Enterprise Linux. And that’s pretty much all it needs to do.

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By: IBM investe US$ 10 mi no Postgresql « Bruno Pereira

IBM investe US$ 10 mi no Postgresql « Bruno Pereira — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:25:52 +0000

[...] investe US$ 10 mi no Postgresql Essa semana fiquei sabendo pelo blog do Savio Rodrigues que a IBM investiu US$ 10 milhões no EnterpriseDB, uma derivação comercial do Postgresql, mas [...]

By: blpsilva

blpsilva — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:54:14 +0000

Also, something else came to my mind. If stack consolidation is the trend, would it make sense for Red Hat to buy EnterpriseDB and maybe Oracle buy a Linux Distribution?

Sun currently has the full stack, going from OS to Java EE Middleware, adding the database too. IBM doesn’t really sell OS anymore (as far as I know), but strongly supports Linux and has the database and the Java EE Middleware.

Oracle has everything but the OS. Red Hat has everything but the database. Both made relevant acquisitions in the recent past. Will we see them completing the stack anytime soon? I’d like to know that. Would be very interesting to see how the market goes after such movements.

By: blpsilva

blpsilva — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:39:31 +0000

Very nice to know that! When Sun bought MySql I asked myself: “When is someone going to buy Postgresql?”.

Although this is a much different investment than MySql’s acquisition, it makes me happy to know Postgres is gaining some ground too.

I first used Postgres in early 2003, and I always considered it better than MySql. The main reason why Postgres lost ground to MySql was the fact that it didn’t have a native Windows installer until version 8.0, released only in early 2005. MySql had much less features and robustness, but since it was easy for developers using Windows to use it, the adoption increased very fast.

I still think Postgres is better than MySql, and it’s my preferred database for projects I have the freedom to choose. I hope they continue developing the product and get more investments. They deserve a very good place in the database field, and I hope they get as successful as MySql.

Regards,

Bruno Pereira