From: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: The big MySQL spin |
Date: | 2004-03-11 04:18:48 |
Message-ID: | 20040311001650.P98352@ganymede.hub.org |
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On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Neil Conway wrote:
> > Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> > > OMG. Quotes like this just make me want to vomit:
> > >
> > > "While something like PostgreSQL or Berkeley DB are straight
> > > democracies," he explained, "MySQL -- and JBoss, to an extent -- are
> > > more akin to representative democracies, such we have here in the
> > > U.S. It's more efficient over the long haul."
> >
> > I personally think Mr. Garry is wrong on both counts (PostgreSQL is
> > *not* a democracy, and neither is MySQL), but I'm not sure what it has
> > to do with us. An analyst has an opinion on a subjective matter, and
> > it happened to be reported in a news story. Big deal.
>
> I sort of thought we were a democracy, no?
Benevelant autocracy(sp?) ... core isn't voted ... just cause we defer to
-hackers 99.9% of the time doesn't make us a democracy ... in the end,
core acts akin to MySQL AB, other then we're probably alot more quiet :)
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