From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Sun Talks about MySQL
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:46:49 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <200804241546.m3OFknA11638@momjian.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080424135219.GA12111@crankycanuck.ca>
Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> 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 ;-)
True, and that strategy works only when there are few alternatives.
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