From: | Ron Peterson <ron(dot)peterson(at)yellowbank(dot)com> |
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To: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
Cc: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Subject: | Re: Sun buys MySQL |
Date: | 2008-01-17 04:04:41 |
Message-ID: | 20080117040441.GD2963@yellowbank.com |
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2008-01-16_22:03:11-0500 "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>:
> Ron Peterson wrote:
> >2008-01-16_18:23:31-0500 Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>:
> >>Ron,
>
> >That's not the kind of world I inhabit, so I'm certainly no expert on
> >these matters, but it's certainly something to chew on. "PostgreSQL
> >Developers Make Good" is a headline I wouldn't mind seeing someday.
>
> You realize that a corporation is able to donate money any time they want?
Really? I didn't know that. :)
My suspicion is that most corporations don't believe such donations
would have the same benefit to the corporation as an outright purchase.
Sun, for example, can now claim to be _the_ definitive provider of MySQL
support services, rather than merely being one of many sponsors. That
is the return on their investment. There are plenty of PHB's who want
so-called "enterprise" support, and who will pay good money for it.
Where should they buy that support for MySQL? Sun, of course.
A purchase gives Sun a certain exclusivity that they could never buy
with a mere donation.
--
Ron Peterson
https://www.yellowbank.com/
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