From: | Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Commercial postgresql |
Date: | 2003-08-31 14:00:45 |
Message-ID: | m3d6emc4fm.fsf@chvatal.cbbrowne.com |
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Oops! Jacob Hanson <jacobhanson(at)firsthealth(dot)com> was seen spray-painting on a wall:
> On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 16:18:14 +0200 (CEST), peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net (Peter
> Eisentraut) wrote:
>>many, but it's usually difficult to get customers to agree to this sort of
>>thing.
>
> Why is that?
Because:
1. What tools they use may be something they consider a "competitive
advantage."
2. If they go on a list like this, they become _obvious_ targets for
Oracle sales people and such.
Those reasons may occasionally be overcome, but that doesn't make them
irrelevant.
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