Matthew Terenzio wrote: > As much as I respect Marc and Postgresql.org, I can't see Oracle hiring > him away as a "killer" threat to the community. People would set up > camp somewhere else, like Command Prompt. It would hurt things for a > while but the software is too important to too many to be killed by a > domain name or person. Right, all these damages are temporary, which is probably why we haven't been attacked yet. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On Oct 12, 2005, at 8:47 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Jan Wieck wrote: > > > >> On 10/12/2005 6:18 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > >> > >>> On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Jussi Mikkola wrote: > >>>> Hi, > >>>> Well, if the PostgreSQL developers would be hired away from the > >>>> project with big money, would that not mean, that the project would > >>>> be a good path to earn a lot of money. So, new talented developers > >>>> could join the project and see that as a path to high salary jobs?? > >>> Wow, what a twisted way to look at it ... not entirely inaccurate, > >>> but twisted :) > >> > >> Oracle could even develop an exceptional interest in keeping > >> PostgreSQL alive as it's "future DB engineer forge". > > > > Definitely ... get new developers involved over here to 'cut their > > teeth' and then pull them over there once they are through the > > teething period :) Or, encourage them to work here wihle still in > > University, learn DB internals ... > > > > ---- > > Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services > > (http://www.hub.org) > > Email: scrappy@xxxxxxx Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: > > 7615664 > > > > ---------------------------(end of > > broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to > > choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not > > match > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > -- 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 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
