Re: Problem with recent PostgreSQL relatedpressrelease

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Advocacy List <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Problem with recent PostgreSQL relatedpressrelease
Date: 2007-07-14 22:04:38
Message-ID: 20070714220438.GA10474@fetter.org
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On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 02:06:14PM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Dave Page wrote:
> >Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >>Dave Page wrote:
> >>
> >>PostgreSQL Core is the distribution developed and distributed by the
> >>PostgreSQL.Org community. We are one of the many contributors to this
> >>excellent database software. It is 100% enterprise ready and
> >>commercially supported.
> >
> >Which means what exactly? Precisely nothing as far as whether CMD are
> >THE PostgreSQL Company or A PostgreSQL Company.
>
> Precisely nothing to you, which I accept. It a differentiating factor
> for us.

It also happens to be objectively false and misleading, as many people
have told you many times. To take one example, Varlena LLC has been
doing exclusively PostgreSQL for quite some time. There are other
companies not based in North America that do the same. Please stop
this, keeping in mind that business in Matthew 7:1-5.

Sincerely,
David
who also does PostgreSQL exclusively, and doesn't work at CMD.
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