Re: [GENERAL] Oracle buys Innobase

From: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
To: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Jussi Mikkola <jussi(dot)mikkola(at)bonware(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Mike Nolan <nolan(at)gw(dot)tssi(dot)com>, "Thomas F(dot) O'Connell" <tfo(at)sitening(dot)com>, PgSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Oracle buys Innobase
Date: 2005-10-13 00:03:22
Message-ID: 434DA44A.8000404@Yahoo.com
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On 10/12/2005 6:18 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Jussi Mikkola wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Well, if the PostgreSQL developers would be hired away from the project with
>> big money, would that not mean, that the project would be a good path to earn
>> a lot of money. So, new talented developers could join the project and see
>> that as a path to high salary jobs??
>
> Wow, what a twisted way to look at it ... not entirely inaccurate, but
> twisted :)

Oracle could even develop an exceptional interest in keeping PostgreSQL
alive as it's "future DB engineer forge".

Jan

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