Re: Oracle's letter to Russian IT companies

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: julyanto SUTANDANG <julyanto(at)equnix(dot)co(dot)id>, Andreas Kretschmer <andreas(at)a-kretschmer(dot)de>, Nikolay Samokhvalov <samokhvalov(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Oracle's letter to Russian IT companies
Date: 2016-03-23 03:04:02
Message-ID: CAB7nPqRkhNagcC1zt4b8pnto0wJ-j7cTsNLGAt-Rmto02seCdA@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 12:10 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 02:35:54PM +0800, julyanto SUTANDANG wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you
>> > win.
>> > (Gandhi)
>> >
>> This is definitely true, i love it.
>> When ppl ignored you, especially related to what u believe, just keep walking,
>> if you are right, eventually you will reach you goal.
>
> In a way it is a sign of Postgres's success that Oracle is reacting to
> us in such a strong way, at least in Russia. I think this is a gauge of
> how how Oracle will handle us in other countries too in the future.

Having a look at the revenue of Oracle in Russia after the beginning
of this law for 2016Q1, including Y2Y growth, would give a good
insight of how things are involving there. With the existence of this
letter, anybody could assume that it took a serious hit...
--
Michael

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