| From: | Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com> |
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| To: | Brad Nicholson <bnichols(at)ca(dot)afilias(dot)info> |
| Cc: | Philip Hallstrom <postgresql(at)philip(dot)pjkh(dot)com>, Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>, pgsql general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: postgresql rising |
| Date: | 2006-09-21 15:48:47 |
| Message-ID: | 1158853727.997.358.camel@state.g2switchworks.com |
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On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 08:47, Brad Nicholson wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 16:38 -0500, Philip Hallstrom wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 10:10:56AM -0500, Tony Caduto wrote:
> > >> For a high level corp manager all they ever hear about is MS SQL Server,
> > >> Oracle and DB2, and the more it costs the more they think it is what
> > >> they need :-)
> > >
> > > I think that description is false. At a certain point in the
> > > management hierarchy, the only way anyone has the ability to evaluate
> > > something is on the basis of reputation.
> >
> > I think that description is false. At a certain point in the management
> > hierarchy, the only way anyone has the ability to evaluate something is on
> > the basis of....
> >
> > - if there is someone they can sue.
>
> Good luck attempting to sue Microsoft, Oracle or IBM for deficiencies in
> their database products.
I had a boss once who panned PostgreSQL because he wanted a company to
be able to blame if things went wrong. I asked him if it wasn't more
important to worry about preventing things from going wrong in the first
place. I got a rather blank stare for a while. No answer.
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