From: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
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To: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, Shane McChesney <shane(at)nooro(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Oracle's Rapidly Sliding License Revenues |
Date: | 2002-11-13 20:42:26 |
Message-ID: | 200211131242.26107.josh@agliodbs.com |
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Robert,
> This is interesting because I just read this article
> (http://www.sdtimes.com/cols/middlewatch.htm) that talks about how
> postgresql is at a disadvantage compared to other open source databases
> because it is produced under a BSD license, and won't have enough
> license revenue to sustain long term viability of postgresql inc, the
> main company behind postgresql.
The guy's an idiot. "Candian-Based PostgreSQL?"
For that matter, except for Microsoft, license revenue is a *declining* part
of the software picture. The article writer is talking based on what he
learned selling software for Compaq 10 years ago*, not on any knowledge of
the current market.
(*=hypothetically, I don't actually know the writer's background)
--
-Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco
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