Re: MS interview - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: MS interview
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In response to MS interview  (Tim Allen <tim@proximity.com.au>)
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Tim Allen <tim@proximity.com.au> writes:
> Near the end he gets specifically asked about "Red Hat Database" as a
> competitive threat, and he responds that he doesn't think anyone can match
> their "investment" of "800 professionals" to work on SQL Server.

ROTFL ...

The longer that Oracle, MS, et al don't believe we're a threat, the
better.  But I wonder how they *really* see us.  This article was too
obviously a pile of marketing BS to be taken seriously by anyone.
What's their real internal perception of us, do you think?
        regards, tom lane


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