Re: [HACKERS] Commercial binary support?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com, PostgreSQL advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Commercial binary support?
Date: 2003-11-25 21:04:14
Message-ID: 200311252104.hAPL4EV10247@candle.pha.pa.us
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Jan Wieck wrote:
> I think you missed the "liability" part of Joshua Drake's mail.
>
> Using a binary installation provided by the company you have a support
> contract with leaves much less room for discussions about "what is
> supported". What "product liability" is someone talking about if he
> never bought any product?

Hey buys suport for "libability". Sure, he didn't buy a product, but
you can buy a product without support too, or buy support for something
that isn't a purchased product (home heater service contract).

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