| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Thomas Hallgren <thomas(at)tada(dot)se> |
| Cc: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, Duncan Garland <duncan(dot)garland(at)ntlworld(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: Postgres v MySQL 5.0 |
| Date: | 2006-10-22 15:15:13 |
| Message-ID: | 453B8B01.9050206@commandprompt.com |
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>> We don't. We produce useful database software, and people use it or
>> they don't.
>>
> Positioning is all about making people consider what you do useful, no?
> What's useful in the eyes of the producer is not always in alignment
> with the general perception of a potential user-base.
100% agreed here :)
>IMO, The
> PostgreSQL core team should be more humble to that fact.
> After all, you do want your product to gain ground right? Why else are you doing this?
Well... I know many developers, develop to develop. They develop
PostgreSQL because they happen to like it, they could give a flying
donkey butt if people use the software.
Luckily most of those developers are being drowned out by the more sane
masses ;)
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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