Re: Using Religion to make a case for the BSD(PostgreSQL) licencse

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Richard Broersma <richard(dot)broersma(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Using Religion to make a case for the BSD(PostgreSQL) licencse
Date: 2010-11-05 00:47:48
Message-ID: 201011041747.48428.adrian.klaver@gmail.com
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On Thursday 04 November 2010 3:09:57 pm Richard Broersma wrote:
> I just read an interesting article which starts out as a MySQL vs.
> Postgresql but latter boils down to a GPL vs. BSD arguement.
>
> http://www.enterpriseirregulars.com/28665/internal-email-on-why-a-software-
>company-migrates-away-from-mysql/
>
> My opinion about the author is that he or she was pretty bold
> regarding the religious illustration used in the argument. I think I
> would have been fired on the spot if I distributed an internal email
> with a similar argument.
>

Well the author was the CEO, so he was immune :) In any case it was a good
analogy.

> --
> Regards,
> Richard Broersma Jr.
>
> Visit the Los Angeles PostgreSQL Users Group (LAPUG)
> http://pugs.postgresql.org/lapug

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Adrian Klaver
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