| From: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
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| To: | Richard Broersma <richard(dot)broersma(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | damien clochard <damien(at)dalibo(dot)info>, Rafael Martinez <r(dot)m(dot)guerrero(at)usit(dot)uio(dot)no>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Commission clears Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems |
| Date: | 2010-01-22 03:53:27 |
| Message-ID: | 20100122035327.GC10737@fetter.org |
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On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 03:01:27PM -0800, Richard Broersma wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 2:37 PM, damien clochard <damien(at)dalibo(dot)info> wrote:
> > Sounds like a syllogism to me :
> >
> > (A) There should be alternatives to Oracle and (B) PostgreSQL is
> > a credible alternative to MySQL So (C) Oracle can buy MySQL
>
> Sounds like free advertising to me.
Sure does.
Now as to whether MySQL would be a "credible alternative" to
PostgreSQL...well, only one person I've talked with who's ever worked
there has said anything of the kind, and he was in sales, and it was
2002.
Cheers,
David.
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