Re: Will Open Source be forced to go Proprietary

From: "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
To: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Will Open Source be forced to go Proprietary
Date: 2004-01-11 19:34:51
Message-ID: c6b2215cb1d7c017e99c64a34a004346@biglumber.com
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> However, one single grain of truth emerged: "Most people don't
> care about helping out Windows". Why would we? We already
> support the stable and trustworthy computing platform

Because the lack of a Windows port can hamper PostgreSQL's
non-Windows adoption. The lists are full of ancecdotes by
people in mixed-OS shops who have been making this point
for years.

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Greg Sabino Mullane greg(at)turnstep(dot)com
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