From: | Ulrich Schwab <schwab(at)inmess(dot)de> |
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To: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: FAQ or so? |
Date: | 2005-02-24 09:02:58 |
Message-ID: | cvk57v$1dju$1@news.hub.org |
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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
>> My question is, how can I refine my arguments, do you have others
>> arguments I can use? What could we say about responsabilities issue
>> regarding to PG? How can I better advocate on PG -more generally- ?
>
> The Oracle and Microsoft and IBM database licenses will all disclaim any
> responsibility for your data loss. You cannot get money off them or sue
> them for loss either.
The (small) threat to be sued might be an incentive for a commercial vendor
to help the customer anyway.
You might need to tell this people that they could provide plenty of
incentive to a open source community by supporting it openly with whatever
means they have. This way they might never need commercial support at all.
Keep in mind: This support is not necessarily financial.
Uli
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