X-Original-To: pgsql-advocacy-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DBD7D1C50D; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:51:20 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 51671-05; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:51:19 -0300 (ADT) Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (candle.pha.pa.us [207.106.42.251]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BBB3D1BCBC; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:51:17 -0300 (ADT) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id i3S3p7d16146; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:51:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200404280351.i3S3p7d16146@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: What can we learn from MySQL? In-Reply-To: To: Andrew Payne Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:51:07 -0400 (EDT) Cc: "scott.marlowe" , PostgreSQL-development , PostgreSQL advocacy X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL108 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200404/275 X-Sequence-Number: 4247 Andrew Payne wrote: > Also, Apache never had "MyApache", a more popular version that many believe > to be "free" and "open source". > > My point: Apache was successful in a situation that may not apply here. > > Does anyone know of an open source project that *has* successfully displaced > a market of mature, established products WITHOUT a commercial entity > providing marketing, support & direction? Linux. It doesn't have a single company behind it, but several. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073