On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 06:31:06PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> > Of course one flip-side to all this is that if Oracle does attack us it
> > actually lends credibility; it means they see PostgreSQL as a threat. At
> > this point that could do more good for us than harm, depending on how
> > exactly the attacked.
>
> Well, that was MySQL's reaction to it, but I think the harm far
> outweighs the good for them. Its more like, "Oracle finds MySQL a
> threat, what is MySQL going to do now!" We don't want that kind of
> outcome. Also, there are ways of attacking that do not show Oracle as
> an agreesor, like hiring PostgreSQL developers.
Well, they effectively took a big chunk of MySQL's commercial technology
away, something the'd have a harder time doing with PostgreSQL (unless
we're violating patents).
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