| From: | Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Global Development Group |
| Date: | 2002-12-08 20:52:10 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.44.0212081549510.75387-100000@paprika.michvhf.com |
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On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, Justin Clift wrote:
> Vince Vielhaber wrote:
> > On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Robert Treat wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Well, my previous employer uses postgresql, but they were under constant
> >>assault from their clients to use oracle or db2. Technically there was no
> >>reason to switch, but if your choice is switch databases or go out of
> >>business, there really isn't much choice.
> >
> >
> > That tells me their clients wanted a commercial database, not one that's
> > open source. All the marketing in the world won't change that.
>
> Really?
>
> Why do you say that?
Because of this taken from the above quoted text:
"they were under constant assault from their clients to use oracle or db2"
Last I looked neither Oracle or DB2 were open source, but they both just
happen to be commercial and I don't see mysql mentioned.
Anything else you don't understand about that?
Vince.
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