Re: Oracle's Biggest Database Foe - Could it be ....

I understand where you are coming from. But put aside the headline ... this
article is about multiple indicators that more people are using Postgres.
That's what's most important here. That the hard work we're doing, making
PostgreSQL awesome, (and I say we because of so many community folks here
at EDB), is recognized by users.

Renee Deger
Director, Corporate Communications

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On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 8:44 AM, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 12:41:22PM -0400, Renee Deger wrote:
> > Postgres?!
>
> That's delightful, I suppose, but a lot of us don't get up in the
> morning thinking about our "competitors,"[1] or at least I don't. I
> think about making PostgreSQL awesome for the people who will
> eventually use it, and if "competitors" happen not to be happy in the
> process, it's really not my concern one way or the other.
>
> Cheers,
> David.
>
> [1] What does that word even mean in the context of a software project
> with no single company behind it and license terms that have helped
> people spawn multiple billion-dollar proprietary forks?
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