Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C05332E0098 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:53:28 -0300 (ADT) Received: from developer.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 71208-02 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:53:09 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-159.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.159]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70DB12E0032 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:53:15 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (or-69-34-217-90.sta.embarqhsd.net [69.34.217.90]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m3PErr18001853 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:53:54 -0700 Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:53:11 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" To: "Jonah H. Harris" Cc: "Andrew Sullivan" , pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Sun Talks about MySQL Message-ID: <20080425075311.5d6469aa@commandprompt.com> In-Reply-To: <36e682920804250741p33d621f3gf35e6bdebe2e0531@mail.gmail.com> References: <480F8C2D.6010806@emproshunts.com> <4811D1DD.9030401@otg-nc.com> <20080425130105.GA19447@crankycanuck.ca> <36e682920804250741p33d621f3gf35e6bdebe2e0531@mail.gmail.com> Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.9; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (lists.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.159]); Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:53:54 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200804/133 X-Sequence-Number: 13859 On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:41:24 -0400 "Jonah H. Harris" wrote: > > I guess they don't read _The Mythical Man-Month_ at Sun. > > Not to rain on my MySQL/Sun bash parade, but your response is based on > the extremely poor assumption that Sun would put 100 developers on a > single project. While Sun has certainly had its share of > software-related problems in the past, I would hope that they > understand basic software project management. It's much more likely > that they will have teams of 6-8 people working on individual > projects. I can only assume this response is a joke. :P Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ United States PostgreSQL Association: http://www.postgresql.us/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate