Re: InformationWeek article on PostgreSQL

I wrongly assumed this was another article where the author confused
PostgreSQL Inc with PostgreSQL community. It has happened so often I
didn't even read the article. After I read it, I see Geoff was quoted
as a PostgreSQL support company and the article in fact clarified our
idependent status, which is great. Yea, the Aberdeen Group quote was
poor, but we can't have everything.

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Rod Taylor wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 11:33, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Guys who would contact Geoff Davidson about PostgreSQL (sorry Geoff)
> > > know so little about us that it is not even worth the paper it is
> > > printed on.
> >
> > Based on what do you jump to the conclusion that he "knows so little about
> > us"? Geoff, surprisingly enough, has a mindset of (to my chagrin at
>
> I think the problem isn't Geoff, but the Aberdeen Group. The article was
> poorly written and to make it look like Geoff may have been quoting
> Aberdeen's report, which said we don't support row locking (FOR UPDATE
> anyone?)
>
>

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