Re: MS interview

tim(at)proximity(dot)com(dot)au (Tim Allen) writes:

: [...] Near the end he gets specifically asked about "Red Hat
: Database" as a competitive threat, and he responds that he doesn't
: think anyone can match their "investment" of "800 professionals" to
: work on SQL Server. [...]

It would be naive to dismiss Microsoft's (or Oracle's, or IBM's)
database teams. They have many very smart developers/researchers
working full time on these systems. The investment is quite real.

tgl wrote:

: The longer that Oracle, MS, et al don't believe we're a threat, the
: better. But I wonder how they *really* see us. [...]

Good question.

- FChE