| From: | Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com> |
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| To: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Global Development Group |
| Date: | 2002-12-08 01:53:20 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.44.0212072052040.75387-100000@paprika.michvhf.com |
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On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Robert Treat wrote:
> Well, my previous employer uses postgresql, but they were under constant
> assault from their clients to use oracle or db2. Technically there was no
> reason to switch, but if your choice is switch databases or go out of
> business, there really isn't much choice.
That tells me their clients wanted a commercial database, not one that's
open source. All the marketing in the world won't change that.
Vince.
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