Re: [Postgres-xc-general] will Postgre-XC be commercialized?

[Mason <ma...@us...>]

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Michael Paquier
<mic...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> I have read the (just) story about bizgres and c-store, from it's
>> development progress until it was commercialized by it's developer.
>> That's so sad because the original project was not to be maintained.
>

I guess that can happen if others apart from the original developers
don't jump in.

> Postgres-XC is under BSD license (PostgreSQL license), so you can edit the
> code, copy the code and even sell it if you wish as a closed source package.
> You can also make money from it by becoming a specialist of this technology
> and sell support and consulting services.
> However there are really few specialists in the world that really understand
> deeply this kind of technology, and even lesser who can work on the code or
> design applications for clusters based on XC.
>
>> What are Postgres-XC plans, will be in the future?

A roadmap appears here:

http://postgres-xc.sourceforge.net/roadmap.html

If you are concerned if development will continue, yes, there are
plans for now.  Even outside of the originally companies involved,
others are going to contribute, too. I no longer work for one of the
original companies behind XC, but I and others intend to contribute to
the project, so I think you can be optimistic about it.

>
> Becoming a reference and a real alternative to closed source (and costly)
> solutions like one I won't give the name (Or????AC).
>
>> How to achieve them?
>
> By supporting and helping the project.
> There are several ways to support the project:
> - first learn how to use it
> - register to the mailing lists and do not hesitate to ask questions
> - report bugs, even better => report bugs and submit patches fixing them.
> - improve the documentation and submit patch for that
> - build and publish packages
> - search for funds to support developers if you want some new features
> - promote the project at conferences or by writing articles about it.
> - provide machines for buildfarming and extend the currently supported OS.
> - provide some website architecture similar to postgresql.org.
> That's all I have in mind now... However, there may be some other things
> people could do.

Good list.

Mason