Re: Oracle and Postgresql - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Joshua Drake
Subject Re: Oracle and Postgresql
Date
Msg-id 20080915101208.5c43bd97@jd-laptop
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In response to Re: Oracle and Postgresql  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
Responses Re: Oracle and Postgresql
Re: Oracle and Postgresql
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:06:08 -0700
David Fetter <david@fetter.org> wrote:

> > > As long as the disease of "Intellectual property" is running
> > > around, that "I can encrypt my code" will provide some felt
> > > benefit for PHBs....
> >
> > I have to disagree here.  Encrypting stored procedures is not just
> > about forcing customers to pay software maintenance.
>
> Please to explain how you imagine this to be so.
>
> > For us, it's about *protecting hard work and intellectual property*.
>
> Yes, and of course nobody else does "hard work" either.  Don't you
> mean you're "protecting" this stuff by forcing people to pay for it?

Are we going to start a VI vs Emacs argument too?

Joshua D. Drake
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