Re: direction, was Vertica targeting PostgreSQL users

From: Chris Travers <chris(dot)travers(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Advocacy Group <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: direction, was Vertica targeting PostgreSQL users
Date: 2017-11-21 16:04:54
Message-ID: CAKt_Zfv1zhYmiXf3aJ+BPAgyhJ96=girdtvX8DdX+QT51rqJ0Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Nov 21, 2017 01:51, "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:

On 11/20/2017 04:35 PM, Peter Geoghegan wrote:

>
> That is a bummer for the community but the reason they
>> would do that is twofold:
>>
>> 1. Customer demand (see original post)
>> 2. Revenue generation (see original post)
>>
>> To use a term from Simon, the only "FakeNews" here is that people are
>> trying
>> to make my post into something it wasn't.
>>
> I think that you insinuated plenty.
>

I didn't, how is that unicorn ride working for you?

One thing I have learned is that the strength and the weakness of open
source is the decentralization or priorities.

It is no use arguing about it. The community does not get to demand a
roadmap. That has drawbacks but also advantages.

JD

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