Re: MS interview

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tim Allen <tim(at)proximity(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: MS interview
Date: 2001-08-15 04:09:00
Message-ID: 24541.997848540@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Tim Allen <tim(at)proximity(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> Near the end he gets specifically asked about "Red Hat Database" as a
> competitive threat, and he responds that he doesn't think anyone can match
> their "investment" of "800 professionals" to work on SQL Server.

ROTFL ...

The longer that Oracle, MS, et al don't believe we're a threat, the
better. But I wonder how they *really* see us. This article was too
obviously a pile of marketing BS to be taken seriously by anyone.
What's their real internal perception of us, do you think?

regards, tom lane

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