Re: The big MySQL spin - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Lamar Owen
Subject Re: The big MySQL spin
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Msg-id 200403110700.41903.lowen@pari.edu
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In response to Re: The big MySQL spin  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>)
Responses Re: The big MySQL spin  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>)
Re: The big MySQL spin  (Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>)
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On Wednesday 10 March 2004 11:18 pm, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > I sort of thought we were a democracy, no?

> Benevelant autocracy(sp?) ... core isn't voted ... just cause we defer to
> -hackers 99.9% of the time doesn't make us a democracy ... in the end,
> core acts akin to MySQL AB, other then we're probably alot more quiet :)

Benevolent oligarchy is the term you want.
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