| From: | Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL 9.0 |
| Date: | 2007-01-29 22:25:10 |
| Message-ID: | 45BE7446.9030305@cox.net |
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On 01/29/07 16:05, tom wrote:
> No.
> Postgres does not represent an economic entity that can compete for $$
> with Oracle.
>
> It's also not nearly as popular. And I mean that in a very pop-culture
> way.
> How long did it take Oracle to support Linux? Only when it became
> "pop"ular to do so.
>
> Who would they target anyways?
> There's no one company....
They could buy out CommandPrompt and EnterpriseDB...
The buyouts wouldn't *kill* pg, but they would wound it mightily.
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