From: | Philip Hallstrom <postgresql(at)philip(dot)pjkh(dot)com> |
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To: | Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: postgresql rising |
Date: | 2006-09-20 21:38:33 |
Message-ID: | 20060920163520.B59036@bravo.pjkh.com |
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> On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 10:10:56AM -0500, Tony Caduto wrote:
>> For a high level corp manager all they ever hear about is MS SQL Server,
>> Oracle and DB2, and the more it costs the more they think it is what
>> they need :-)
>
> I think that description is false. At a certain point in the
> management hierarchy, the only way anyone has the ability to evaluate
> something is on the basis of reputation.
I think that description is false. At a certain point in the management
hierarchy, the only way anyone has the ability to evaluate something is on
the basis of....
- if there is someone they can sue.
- how attractive the sales rep is.
- how much swag the sales rep brings with them.
:-/
Sadly, I once worked for a company that spent close to $500K on a
commercial product when PHP would have worked just as well... I did make
sure I wrote a very very long CYA email myself so when someone asked why
that decision was made they wouldn't look at me :)
> PostgreSQL is building its
> reputation, but it doesn't have the marketing budget of those three.
> Therefore, it's safer to pick the thing that has a better reputation,
> and that makes those reputations stronger still. So what we need is
> a spotless reputation -- which we're building.
>
> A
>
> --
> Andrew Sullivan | ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca
> The whole tendency of modern prose is away from concreteness.
> --George Orwell
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