Re: PostgreSQL still for Linux only? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Jim C. Nasby
Subject Re: PostgreSQL still for Linux only?
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Msg-id 20050310214550.GL528@decibel.org
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL still for Linux only?  (Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com>)
Responses Re: PostgreSQL still for Linux only?
Re: PostgreSQL still for Linux only?
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On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 11:22:59AM -0600, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> > 2. This response is alarming:
> > Tom Lane wrote in digest V1.5092:
> > >We are supporting Windows as a Postgres platform for the benefit of
> > developers who want to
> > >do testing on their laptops (and for reasons best known to themselves
> > feel a need to run >Windows on their laptops).
>
> This is the second problem.  Windows simply has problems that cause data
> relibility problems that may or may not be surmountable in the future.

Do you have any references to these problems? I've seen several people
mention things like this in passing, but I have yet to see any
specifics.
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