Re: Disappointing news

From: "Gavin M(dot) Roy" <gavinmroy(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
Cc: shridhar(at)frodo(dot)hserus(dot)net, Mike Mascari <mascarm(at)mascari(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Disappointing news
Date: 2004-06-03 19:27:32
Message-ID: 5b599cc10406031227419f34f9@mail.gmail.com
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While the sentiment about supporting pgsql friendly vendors is valid,
personally, I'd sooner use dbase 3 than give SCO any money.

Gavin

On 03 Jun 2004 14:51:16 -0400, Robert Treat
<xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 06:42, Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> > On Tuesday 01 June 2004 15:24, Mike Mascari wrote:
> > > "Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ - news) will support open-source
> > > software companies JBoss and MySQL on its servers as it seeks to
> > > compete with International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM - news)
> > > in offering Linux (news - web sites)-compatible services, a Linux
> > > executive said late Monday."
> > >
> > > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/2004
> > >0601/tc_nm/tech_hewlettpackard_dc
> > >
> > > Perhaps an advocacy member should persuade them otherwise...
> >
> > Also see (Unwrap URL of course)
> > http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=109481&op=Reply&threshold=1&commentsort=0&tid=173&mode=flat&pid=9298111
> >
> > Trusting his identity, I would say we need to persuade somebody else than HP.
> > If you have HP serving you, you can press your company. Also one of
> > postgresql supporting companies stepping up would be good as well..
> >
> > Shridhar
> >
>
> Maybe people should start using SCO, given that they tend to be pretty
> postgresql friendly.
>
> :-)
>
> Robert Treat
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