| From: | "Andrew Payne" <andy(at)payne(dot)org> |
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| To: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "PostgreSQL advocacy" <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] What can we learn from MySQL? |
| Date: | 2004-05-01 14:28:25 |
| Message-ID: | IKEAIJJKOIHBCCIHFLFNGEGODBAA.andy@payne.org |
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Joshua wrote:
> Why would someone fund a "new" PostgreSQL project when there are several
> viable commercial entities doing the job right now?
Four words: "size of marketing budget".
As a technology guy, it bugs me to acknowledge that. But having lived
through this a few times, it is the way it works.
-andy
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