Re: Can we get a PostgreSQL speaker into this?

Thank you for elaborate this, it is great to understand better :)

Regards,

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 9:07 PM, Jonathan Bartlett <
jonathan(at)bartlettpublishing(dot)com> wrote:

> Not to dive too far out into the weeds, but technically, it is
> mercantilism you are fighting. Mercantilism is often confused with
> capitalism, but technically they are arch-enemies. Capitalism was
> developed as a refutation of mercantilism. In Britain, the crown was
> giving state-sanctioned monopolies on various kinds of businesses. This
> was mercantilism. Adam Smith showed that freedom brought social wealth,
> and that state-sanctioned monopolies and oligopolies squelched it. Many
> people conflate mercantilism and capitalism because they both deal with
> "business". However, business entities usually favor mercantilism, not
> capitalism, because under mercantilism they can make money simply because
> the state says so. In the modern era, it is usually not a direct monopoly
> that is granted, but rather influence (whether setting standards, winning
> large government contracts, etc.), and even, to some extent, patents and
> copyrights (though there is some debate on whether the latter is a form of
> intrinsic property right or a government-granted monopoly).
>
> Jon
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:40 PM, julyanto SUTANDANG <
> julyanto(at)equnix(dot)co(dot)id> wrote:
>
>> Dear Josh,
>>
>> Thanks for correction, yes i don't really mean "capitalism as whole". All
>> of us here agree that propietary softwares has done such great business
>> more than expected, and creating new "monopoly" which is really hard to
>> compete without Open Source.
>> Open Source creates opportunity to all of us to have alternative
>> solutions.
>> This is what i refer to "fight capitalism"
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:08 PM, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 06/13/2016 08:59 AM, julyanto SUTANDANG wrote:
>>> > It is really great!
>>> > That would be a world class summit for Enterprise Level Database
>>> Softwares.
>>> > I would like to say thanks to all of you in here and there (in the
>>> > event) for your contribution and support to
>>> > make PostgreSQL happened as the great solution for everyone in the
>>> world
>>> > and creates opportunity for
>>> > us to fight capitalism, monopoly and vendor lock-in. Especially in
>>> Asian
>>> > Countries!
>>>
>>> I'm pretty sure you didn't mean "to fight capitalism", given where you
>>> work.
>>>
>>> --
>>> --
>>> Josh Berkus
>>> Red Hat OSAS
>>> (any opinions are my own)
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Julyanto SUTANDANG
>>
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