On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 06:31:06PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Jim C. Nasby wrote: > > Of course one flip-side to all this is that if Oracle does attack us it > > actually lends credibility; it means they see PostgreSQL as a threat. At > > this point that could do more good for us than harm, depending on how > > exactly the attacked. > > Well, that was MySQL's reaction to it, but I think the harm far > outweighs the good for them. Its more like, "Oracle finds MySQL a > threat, what is MySQL going to do now!" We don't want that kind of > outcome. Also, there are ways of attacking that do not show Oracle as > an agreesor, like hiring PostgreSQL developers. Well, they effectively took a big chunk of MySQL's commercial technology away, something the'd have a harder time doing with PostgreSQL (unless we're violating patents). -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
