| From: | Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com> |
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| To: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Stephen Birch <sbirch(at)ironmountainsystems(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Inprise/Borland releasing Interbase as Open source |
| Date: | 2000-01-04 17:19:03 |
| Message-ID: | 3.0.1.32.20000104091903.00ed5ddc@mail.pacifier.com |
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At 10:39 PM 1/3/00 -0400, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
>On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Stephen Birch wrote:
(HH):
>Two points...when will Interbase go open source? Right now they've
>announced the intention to do so, and even given a very brood time
>frame...but, when is it going to happen. two...what says Interbase will
>continue to be "as good" when becomes open source and they are no longer
>making any money on it?
They say they'll continue to sell it via their traditional channels
and sell support, too. So it's not really clear what open-source
means in this context. Open-source doesn't have to mean the disappearance
of license fees...
>> You guys have done a great job - but, frankly, IB is better.
>
>In what ways?
Outer joins, for one.
- Don Baccus, Portland OR <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>
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