Re: [HACKERS] Interbase

> In chronology, 6.1.1 wasn't too long ago. In features, 6.1.1 was _eons_
> ago. I know -- I used 6.1.1. And 6.2.1. And 6.3.2. Now 6.5.3. Soon
> 7.0. (I never did put 6.4.2 in production -- the RPM lag factor meant
> that 6.5beta was available while the shipping RPM's were still 6.3.2 for
> RedHat users.)
>
> And now we have developers that are _very_ familiar with the guts of
> PostgreSQL -- it will take people at least a year or more to get up to
> speed on Interbase.

I have seen the MySQL code and it is clearly very hard to understand. I
can't imagine how many people _don't_ get involved because of that, and
the license.

Does MySQL have the team size we have? I don't see them progressing at
our speed.

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