Re: Postgres in government

From: Mark Harrison <mh(at)pixar(dot)com>
To: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>
Cc: Philip Hallstrom <postgresql(at)philip(dot)pjkh(dot)com>, Berend Tober <btober(at)seaworthysys(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgres in government
Date: 2005-05-23 17:10:58
Message-ID: 42920EA2.2040803@pixar.com
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Scott Marlowe wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 15:10, Mark Harrison wrote:
>
>>>Sadly, lots of people in positions of power still want scape goats,
>>>rather than proven results.
>>
>>No, it could be that the OP's organization is looking for some proof
>>of postgresql's results.
>
>
> That's a bit out of context. The message I was responding to was the
> one talking about having someone to sue, which is pure fiction, as all
> commercial software licenses make it pretty clear that the most you're
> gonna get is your money back.
>
> Please leave a little more context next time, as it looked from your
> response that my response was to the OP, which it most certainly was
> not.

Sorry, did not mean to do that... Sincere apologies for the mistake!!

>>>Most surely. It's common when people with business degrees but poor
>>>understanding of the scientific method get involved.
>>
>>As opposed to people with science degrees but poor understanding
>>of business methods? :-)
>
>
> I'd say either one is a recipe for disaster, eh? :)

:)

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