| From: | Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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| To: | josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "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 22:06:13 |
| Message-ID: | 3FB15D55.6040208@postgresql.org |
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Josh Berkus wrote:
> 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." ?
Ouch.
But yep, I'd say that's accurate too.
Regards and best wishes,
Justin Clift
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