Re: SMH on Salesforce-Oracle

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Ned Lilly <ned(at)xtuple(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: SMH on Salesforce-Oracle
Date: 2013-06-27 01:08:10
Message-ID: 20130627010810.GA5069@momjian.us
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On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 06:38:04PM -0400, Ned Lilly wrote:
> Anyone have any insight into what's going on with this
> Salesforce-Oracle love connection? Seems kind of odd to hire Tom
> and a bunch of other guys, then announce a 9-year commitment to
> Oracle a few weeks later....

Well, logic suggests that Salesforce was considering moving to Postgres
but, either because they got a good deal from Oracle or they were just
bluffing about moving to Postgres, they are no longer considering it.
The size, scope, publicity, and duration of the deal support this
conclusion:

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/1964798

The press release specifically mentions Oracle Database.

Of course, there might be some other conclusion, logical or illogical,
but I can't think of one.

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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
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