From: | Jean-Michel POURE <jm(dot)poure(at)freesurf(dot)fr> |
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Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] MySQL gets $19.5 MM |
Date: | 2003-06-08 15:50:21 |
Message-ID: | 200306081750.22427.jm.poure@freesurf.fr |
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Le Mercredi 04 Juin 2003 14:49, Ned Lilly a écrit :
> This, combined with the admittedly weird SAP DB deal, is bad news for
> PostgreSQL. Today, it's clearly the superior product. It will be tomorrow
> too. But Betamax was pretty neat too.
> PostgreSQL needs more corporate support. Case studies are great, but
> someone needs to step into the void that Great Bridge created.
Betamax failed because it was developped by a single company (Sony) on its
own. MySQL do not have a community of developpers. PostgreSQL is a world
community. So why do you say PostgreSQL is going to be the next Betamax?
Furthermore, do you know the "burn-rate" of MySQL (the money spent everyday to
survive)? Answer: probably 19,5 million dollars devided by a few years. And
what will happen when MySQL runs out of fuel?
Cheers,
Jean-Michel
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