| From: | Rod Taylor <pg(at)rbt(dot)ca> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Postgresql Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Call from Info World |
| Date: | 2003-11-21 23:57:13 |
| Message-ID: | 1069459032.16912.5.camel@jester |
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On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 18:35, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > He also asked about the price of PostgreSQL. I told him it was a
> > community project and was free. "Well, how do you make money?" I said
> > we don't. There are commercial companies that provide technical support
> > for PostgreSQL, and they pay the salaries of a few full-time developers,
>
> You think people are confused? I once had a call from a company that
> wanted PostgreSQL to sponsor *them*.
heh, so did we?
Should have grabbed a copy of their business plan and told them would
supply database software free of charge for a 1% cut of their gross
intake. Then start talking about Oracle, DB2 and MSSQL licencing fees ;)
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