| From: | Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz> |
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| To: | Fred Zellinger <fzellinger(at)mn(dot)rr(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Oracle rant |
| Date: | 2003-01-17 07:11:41 |
| Message-ID: | 3E27ACAD.7050403@paradise.net.nz |
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Fred Zellinger wrote:
>I also am a Linux Nut and use Postgres whenever possible because I like the
>freedom of access to the HACKERS mailing list...something only a few highly
>renound DBA snobs have with Oracle.
>
>
Indeed, I think this is a significant component of the appeal of open
source
>I have been impressed however, with the degree to which Oracle(synonymous
>with Ellison) has attempted to become "Open". Oracle is getting into Linux
>almost as heavily as IBM, mostly prompted by their common rivalry with M$ and
>SQLServer.
>
I wonder if the "conversion" to openness may more a mechanism to
distinguish themselves from Microsoft, than a heart-felt belief in the
principles themselves.... but its nice anyway !
regards
Mark
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