| From: | Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de> |
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| To: | Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] Oracle buys Innobase |
| Date: | 2005-10-13 08:52:58 |
| Message-ID: | 434E206A.8030404@pse-consulting.de |
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Jan Wieck wrote:
> On 10/12/2005 6:18 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Jussi Mikkola wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Well, if the PostgreSQL developers would be hired away from the
>>> project with big money, would that not mean, that the project would
>>> be a good path to earn a lot of money. So, new talented developers
>>> could join the project and see that as a path to high salary jobs??
>>
>>
>> Wow, what a twisted way to look at it ... not entirely inaccurate, but
>> twisted :)
>
>
> Oracle could even develop an exceptional interest in keeping PostgreSQL
> alive as it's "future DB engineer forge".
Looks like a good reason why Oracle should sponsor PostgreSQL heavily :-)
Regards,
Andreas
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