Re: Commission clears Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems

Gabriele Bartolini wrote:
> Ciao,
>
> David Fetter ha scritto:
> > Sure does.
> >
> However, there are not many people who think like the EC about
> PostgreSQL. Unfortunately, in Italy, the major IT online magazine has
> only pointed out that Florian Muller thinks that PostgreSQL can't be a
> valid alternative. Here is the original message
> (http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=112003NN5V4G&full_skip=1):
>
> "The EC's reasoning has to be reviewed when all the details of the
> decision are known, but based on the EC's press release, it seems to be
> a decision based on wishful thinking for the future more so than
> anything else," Mueller said. "PostgreSQL has been around for decades
> without having had its mainstream breakthrough, so the EC can't
> seriously claim that PostgreSQL could replace MySQL as a competitive
> force."
>
> If PostgreSQL is based on "wishful thinking for the future", I don't
> know what to think about MariaDB then.
>
> I am about to comment that article in Italy - as it gives an unobjective
> representation of PostgreSQL -, but I'd love to know if the PostgreSQL
> community is thinking of a public announcement about this speculation on
> PostgreSQL, following MySQL acquisition of Oracle. Maybe we should wait
> next Wednesday when we will know more about the future of Oracle MySQL
> (at least officially).

Wow, Florian Muller's comments seem so out of the mainstream that I
think replying to them in a public announcement would just lend them
legitimacy.

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