Re: 7.4 Press Release -- Draft #3

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Josh Berkus wrote:

> Andrew,
>
> > On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 09:13:34AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > > "If you tried PostgreSQL before, and it wasn't quite fast enough,
> > > and you went with Oracle, it's time to re-evaluate," suggests Rod
> >
> > Can I suggest you use "something else" instead of "Oracle"? I know
> > it's weasely, but Oracle has lawyers and they're not afraid to use
> > them.
>
> How could Oracle sue us for claiming to be as good or faster? MySQL does
> this all the time, and I don't see that it's landed them in any legal hot
> water.

Its not a fair statement and it is not rigorously proven. As such, I'd go
for a more generalised statement.

Gavin