[postgis-users] ESRI to support PostGIS?

[Paul Ramsey]

I would not expect ESRI to support PostGIS, rather they might eventually 
support ArcSDE-on-PostgreSQL.  The ArcSDE middleware design make this 
kind of thing a straightforward process.  The reason they say MySQL is 
not sufficient at this time is because of some of the important missing 
features in MySQL still, like procedural language support and trigger, 
which are probably required for maintenance of the ArcSDE backend data 
model.

P.

Robert Aldridge wrote:
> I found it interesting in the ESRI International User
> Conference 2004 Preconference Survey Q & A, Question
> #11 under "Software Strategy" reads as follows:
> 
> Q: What is ESRI's approach to open source software?
> 
> ESRI also closely monitors the open source DBMS
> environments such as PostgreSQL and MySQL. MySQL
> technologies are not currently ready for spatial data
> management. We will continue to evaluate it. However,
> we are actively evaluating support for PostgreSQL and
> would like your feedback.