Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Oracle buys Innobase - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Andrew Sullivan
Subject Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Oracle buys Innobase
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In response to Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Oracle buys Innobase  (Ron Mayer <rm_pg@cheapcomplexdevices.com>)
Responses Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Oracle buys Innobase  (Ron Mayer <rm_pg@cheapcomplexdevices.com>)
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On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 01:02:00PM -0700, Ron Mayer wrote:
> I'd suspect that any single postgresql-support company that had a
> similar customer list would get offers from Oracle as well

PostgreSQL support companies don't have the leverage that Oracle and
MySQL do to get their clients to "come out of the closet".  There
_are_ such customer lists, but the license for PostgreSQL doesn't
entail that those customers be used as marketing fodder.

A

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