Re: Oracle purchases Sleepycat - is this the "other shoe"

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
Cc: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, stelar(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Oracle purchases Sleepycat - is this the "other shoe"
Date: 2006-02-24 18:10:48
Message-ID: 200602241810.k1OIAmg19882@candle.pha.pa.us
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Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 10:52:53 -0400,
> "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
> > On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > Greatbridge had "major funding", and succeeded in burning it off in, what,
> > 12 months?
>
> It's been a long time, but I thought they still had a significant amount
> of money left when Greatbridge was shut down.

Right, they closed the company before the full promised amount was
spent, but they did spend millions, for sure.

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