> Also, I'd hope they will give a few months warning before flipping the switch completely, similar to how the hoptoad/airbrake switch went.
Funny you should say that, as I was involved in the hotpoad/airbrake transition and am now involved in the Heroku postgres one. The transition will be as smooth as we possibly can, no data will be lost, there will be plenty of time to move your data, and easy ways of doing so.
We are really excited about offering a development and free 9.1 postgres service, a huge step forward from the current 8.3 shared database service, and are looking forward to moving people over to the new instances.
Funny you should say that, as I was involved in the hotpoad/airbrake transition and am now involved in the Heroku postgres one. The transition will be as smooth as we possibly can, no data will be lost, there will be plenty of time to move your data, and easy ways of doing so.
We are really excited about offering a development and free 9.1 postgres service, a huge step forward from the current 8.3 shared database service, and are looking forward to moving people over to the new instances.