Re: Oracle purchases Sleepycat - is this the "other shoe"

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
Cc: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, stelar(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Oracle purchases Sleepycat - is this the "other shoe"
Date: 2006-02-24 15:51:45
Message-ID: 3519.1140796305@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> writes:
> "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
>> Greatbridge had "major funding", and succeeded in burning it off in, what,
>> 12 months?

> It's been a long time, but I thought they still had a significant amount
> of money left when Greatbridge was shut down.

Oh, certainly. Lack of money was not the problem --- GB was performing
according to plan, which was to become profitable within three years,
but the board of directors got cold feet.

regards, tom lane

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