Re: [Cert] Online or paperwork - results - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: [Cert] Online or paperwork - results
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Msg-id 1213371459.11470.269.camel@jd-laptop
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In response to Re: [Cert] Online or paperwork - results  ("Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com>)
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On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 21:35 -0700, Colin Wetherbee wrote:
> Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> > All this talk about process, what we need are some exam questions.
> > Here's some off the top of my head:

> D. Obviously.
>
> > 5) MySQL has a billion dollars, is installed everywhere, has pluggable
> > engines, a mountain of books, great press, lots of smart Sun developers,
> > and tons of web 2.0 companies behind it. Postgres has Tom Lane.
> > How do we level the playing field?
> >
> >  A) Ask Tom to take every other week off.
> >  B) Have him write a MySQL engine that works.
> >  C) Make him submit all patches in Klingon as mp3s.
>
> D) Invite Tom to a summer resort in the Swiss Alps, complete with a
> MySQL-dev kickboxing class.
>

I think Tom is more the kind of person that would say, "Ahh Grass
hopper, when you can take this pebble from my hand, you shall be ready
to take the MySQL-dev kickboxing class"

> Colin
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