Re: Sun supporting PostgreSQL

From: Ezra Taylor <ezra(dot)taylor(at)gmail(dot)com>
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Subject: Re: Sun supporting PostgreSQL
Date: 2005-11-19 16:07:55
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Hello all:
Just to let you all know, Sun is in trouble. Linux is
taking alot of business away from Sun. Can we trust Sun to do the
right thing. Also, if Sun adds any code to PG, will it continue to be
opensource product. As you can tell, I don't trust these big IT
companies, but they are a necessary evil. How can we protect
ourselves from Sun if they plan to shaft us.

Ezra

On 11/18/05, Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)killerbytes(dot)com> wrote:
> >> sponsorship of community members and projects;
>
> This would be good. But frankly, if they never sponsor nor contribute a
> single line of code, the fact that *Sun* is now offering paid support for
> Postgres is a *huge* boost. From now on, when a company wants to know
> whether there are major firms supporting PG, we have a pat answer. (Assuming
> of course that Sun sticks with Postgres and their attention doesn't wander
> somewhere else. That is one problem with big companies--priorities sometimes
> shift.)
>
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