Re: Postgress and MYSQL

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bob Powell <Bob(at)hotchkiss(dot)org>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgress and MYSQL
Date: 2004-01-13 17:58:32
Message-ID: 400431C8.9000600@commandprompt.com
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>>(I do wonder how quickly they are running through that $19 mil
>>investment though ...)
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>Let's see if they can beat GB? *evil grin*
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I seriously doubt they will be a GB... MySQL is at least making money
(probably not profit though).
They have a huge, loyal following and presumably a decent size customer
base.

GB had none of this.

MySQL will probably be around a long, long time.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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