Re: FW: [webmaster] Comparison to MySQL

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, Shridhar Daithankar <shridhar_daithankar(at)myrealbox(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, PostgreSQL advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: FW: [webmaster] Comparison to MySQL
Date: 2003-11-11 21:51:40
Message-ID: 200311111351.40599.josh@agliodbs.com
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Hmmm ....

> True, but that doesn't take away from Joshua's point at all. He is
> accurate that MySQL is GPL, and it would live on. Their interested
> install base is large enough to establish a new developer community if
> the MySQL company went belly up too.

SO it would be more relevant to say that "it's a single-company project, which
can and has introduced feature and licensing changes without consideration
for the greater community." ?

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