== PostgreSQL Weekly News - April 24 2006 == We need students and mentors who want to work on PostgreSQL projects for Google's next Summer Of Code. One of last year's winners was http://pgfoundry.org/projects/qbe/ Query By Example. If you are a professor or a college/gradute student interested in doing a database-oriented Summer of Code project, especially if you already have your own project which relates to PostgreSQL, please contact Josh Berkus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) as soon as possible. http://www.postgresql.org/developer/summerofcode
There is a new poll. http://www.postgresql.org/community/ Registration for the PostgreSQL Anniversary is open http://conference.postgresql.org/Registration The PostgreSQL Anniversary Summit is brought to you by Afilias, EnterpriseDB, GreenPlum, Pervasive and Sun Microsystems. == PostgreSQL Local == PostgreSQL was a popular subject during the FISL 7.0 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The event, which had over 5000 attendees, took place on April 19th through April 22nd. PostgreSQL content included: Diogo Biazus * PostgreSQL Optimization. Leonardo Cezar * PL/PgSQL the Power of Server-Side Programming. David Fetter * DBI-Link: A Universal Database Connector * Perl and PostgreSQL Rodrigo Hjort * PostgreSQL: A success story for Sao Paulo's subway. Carlos Eduardo Santos Pires and Rilson Oscar do Nascimento * Comparing MySQL and PostgreSQL performance on OLTP systems. Fabio Telles Rodriguez and Fernando Ike de Oliveira * Migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL. Euler Taveira * Slony I and PgSQL replication. Altough the comunity didn't have a booth at FISL this year, plans are already in place to to have one for the Conisli in November in Sao Paulo. == PostgreSQL in the News == Here's a review of the Coverity situation. http://www.gcn.com/print/25_8/40387-1.html PostgreSQL used in fundamental research aimed at curing Hepatitis C. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060418/netu047.html?.v=18 A report on cross-platform PostgreSQL deployments: http://www.databasejournal.com/news/article.php/3599866 PostgreSQL at the Automobile Association of South Africa http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=966 Planet PostgreSQL: http://www.planetpostgresql.org/ General Bits, published on Mondays (PST/PDT): http://www.varlena.com/GeneralBits/ PostgreSQL Weekly News is brought to you this week by David Fetter, Diogo Biazus and Robert Treat ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
