John Dean wrote: > Hi > > That is terrific news being a former employee of MySQL - Oracle buys > Innobase. I was never a fan of MySQL, personally but when Marten Mikos and > the rest of the business wonks joined the Company I knew then it was time > to get out. I met the author of Innobase once at the first MySQL employees > meeting. I was asked what for an opinion on Heikki Tuuri. I came straight > to point and told Monty and David (Axmark) that Heikki Tuuri can not be > trusted. It seems I was right. Mr Tuuri has no interest in supporting the > OS commumity. His only interest is in making money. My gut feeling now is > that eventually Oracle will buy off Innobase lock stock and barell Then > Innonbase will get consigned to File 13. I now see MySQL heading for a long > slow death; it couldn't happen to a nicer group of people :) Thank God for > PostreSQL Though some sales folks have unusual perspectives on PostgreSQL (and to sell MySQL it seems almost to be required) most MySQL employees have deep respect for PostgreSQL, almost admiration. At least that has been my experience from the MySQL employees I have met at conferences. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
