Re: Oracle purchases Sleepycat - is this the "other shoe"

From: Ned Lilly <ned(at)nedscape(dot)com>
To: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, stelar(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Oracle purchases Sleepycat - is this the "other shoe"
Date: 2006-02-24 15:55:17
Message-ID: 43FF2C65.9010604@nedscape.com
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Without going into the particulars, let's just say the total amount spent was less than publicly announced figures, and the parent (sole investor) shut it down before coming close to those figures.

Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 10:52:53 -0400,
> "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
>> On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>
>> Greatbridge had "major funding", and succeeded in burning it off in, what,
>> 12 months?
>
> It's been a long time, but I thought they still had a significant amount
> of money left when Greatbridge was shut down.
>
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