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 2AEE4D1EB5B; Sat, 1 May 2004 11:30:29 -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 00718-08; Sat, 1 May 2004 11:30:12 -0300 (ADT) Received: from win.lh.vix.com (win.lh.vix.com [204.152.188.39]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0C59D1EB19; Sat, 1 May 2004 11:30:07 -0300 (ADT) Received: from house.payne.org (h000625e9c972.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.218.241.71]) (authenticated) by win.lh.vix.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i41GIlM06215; Sat, 1 May 2004 12:18:49 -0400 Received: from office2 ([10.19.69.1]) by house.payne.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id i41EMiL2024670; Sat, 1 May 2004 10:22:44 -0400 From: "Andrew Payne" To: "Joshua D. Drake" Cc: "PostgreSQL-development" , "PostgreSQL advocacy" Subject: Re: [HACKERS] What can we learn from MySQL? Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 10:28:25 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-reply-to: <409298D7.7010400@commandprompt.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Importance: Normal 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: 200405/1 X-Sequence-Number: 4277 Joshua wrote: > Why would someone fund a "new" PostgreSQL project when there are several > viable commercial entities doing the job right now? Four words: "size of marketing budget". As a technology guy, it bugs me to acknowledge that. But having lived through this a few times, it is the way it works. -andy