Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1790B2E0067 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:53:04 -0300 (ADT) Received: from developer.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 35336-02-6 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:52:53 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from main2.mycybernet.net (smtp.mycybernet.net [209.222.63.141]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F29A2E0042 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:52:37 -0300 (ADT) Received: from 227-54-222-209.mycybernet.net ([209.222.54.227] helo=crankycanuck.ca) by main2.mycybernet.net with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Jp1s8-00036V-TE for pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:52:24 -0400 Received: by crankycanuck.ca (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 87C9A5014B; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:52:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:52:19 -0400 From: Andrew Sullivan To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Sun Talks about MySQL Message-ID: <20080424135219.GA12111@crankycanuck.ca> Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Sullivan , pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org References: <480F8C2D.6010806@emproshunts.com> <480FA33F.4070302@enterprisedb.com> <1209043721.4259.1526.camel@ebony.site> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1209043721.4259.1526.camel@ebony.site> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200804/119 X-Sequence-Number: 13845 On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 02:28:41PM +0100, Simon Riggs wrote: > I think they have interpreted the flaws of MySQL as something they can > sell more services with - so, dangerous, difficult to use etc all mean > additional $$$. It's certainly what Oracle did for years. _The UNIX Hater's Handbook_ can be interpreted as arguing that the above is also what Sun did for another well-known technology in the past ;-) A