Exciting week for software releases
The release of PostgreSQL 8.0.0 has finally arrived. There are lots of new features but overall, I think the most important feature is that PostgreSQL will now run on Windows natively.
While I can’t say I’m a huge fan of Windows, I know that a lot of people are. And the more people that develop using PostgreSQL as their database on the backend, the better; whether they develop for or using Linux, Windows, MacOSX or whatever. One of the reasons that MySQL is so popular is that support for it is built right into PHP. But even more key is the fact that a developer can install MySQL on his home PC and develop and test a webapp right there on their PC. Then, when it’s time to release, they simply copy the code to the deployment machine. Done and done.
Up until today, you couldn’t quite do the “all on one PC” development using PostgreSQL on Windows. You could, but it required installing CygWin, which hasn’t always been the easiest thing to do. Plus, in today’s society, everything is about getting results now. Not “now” but only after installing three other pieces and messing around with this and that.
Oh, and we’re deploying 2.4.3 of the Zymeta Jukebox client.
Wed, 19 Jan 2005 23:09 Posted in Software
