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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 07:10:19 +0000
From: Peter Galbavy <peter.galbavy@knowtion.net>
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> But betamax was better ;)

But that was the point the the comment, wasn't it ? It is not always the 
  better technical solution that wins.

With PostgreSQL not being a commercially licensed RDBMS, it is not so 
much about sales but rather "mindshare" (I hate that word, but can't 
think of a better one). Without a suitably high profile the project will 
not attract the potential skills of developers and companies paying 
developers out there to continue moving the feature set and quality forward.

rgds,
--
Peter