Re: Open magazine article on open source rdbms

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Thomas Lockhart <thomas(at)fourpalms(dot)org>
Cc: Dave(at)micro-automation(dot)net, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Open magazine article on open source rdbms
Date: 2002-02-25 18:31:16
Message-ID: 200202251831.g1PIVGS25723@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Hmm. He has a few facts right imho; the last few sentences of the
> article describe exactly how PostgreSQL *does* get adopted. Actual
> adoption and use will precede trade press reports by several years (c.f.
> Linux adoption and severely lagging trade press recognition of such).
>
> Doesn't bother me a bit, and I am always amused by the bandwagoner
> journalists changing their stories once the cat is out of the bag. It'll
> happen here too ;)

Yes, Linux is an excellent parallel.

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