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 C8269D1B8F8 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 21:06:10 -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 85979-04 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 21:06:12 -0300 (ADT) Received: from biglumber.com (biglumber.com [207.228.252.42]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6513CD1B8DA for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 21:06:08 -0300 (ADT) Received: (qmail 30713 invoked from network); 28 Apr 2004 00:06:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (207.228.252.42) by 0 with SMTP; 28 Apr 2004 00:06:11 -0000 From: "Greg Sabino Mullane" To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org Subject: Re: What can we learn from MySQL? X-PGP-Key: 2529 DF6A B8F7 9407 E944 45B4 BC9B 9067 1496 4AC8 X-Request-PGP: http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8 In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:06:11 -0000 X-Mailer: JoyMail 1.47 Message-ID: <429d4f7f1cf595afd3922ab6d0c5fc64@biglumber.com> 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: 200404/272 X-Sequence-Number: 4244 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > I'm gonna disagree here. I think that not having a postgresql inc to go > to means that by the time postgresql becomes ubiquitous, it will be like > apache. no company behind it, every company using it. That's not entirely accurate. Apache has had lots of help from IBM, as well as a few other very large companies. > No need for a postgresql inc to do that, just time, good code, and > knowledgable DBAs choosing it more and more often. Sorry, but technical prowess alone is no recipe for success in today's marketplace. Things are more complex than that. - -- Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200404272007 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFAjvXFvJuQZxSWSsgRAjQoAJ4mcK3KHut1zzwFqqbXEUKXBv1i9QCgsdfX 2uftNhAts2CTAEpKmclW4cE= =ZaY3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----