Re: MySQL analysis - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

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Subject Re: MySQL analysis
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In response to Re: MySQL analysis  ("Santiago Zarate" <santiago@santiagozarate.com>)
List pgsql-advocacy
Can we fix the grammar? :)

"It's hard to see if this will be good or bad for Postgres (the
product of the project)"

Pretty sure that last of should be or...

On Jan 21, 2008, at 9:15 PM, Santiago Zarate wrote:

> It isnt a bad idea to add it to the main site... and as a plus people
> that's memeber of a pug or have interesting discussions in their
> locals lists, could also give opinions about it and expand the doc.
>
> In my opinion, besides the money part... there should be also reasons
> that make postgres a Non-buyable open source project...
>
> Like: If anyone buys and the licence changes... i would start a
> fork... pick up the free code and start a new branch along with other
> developers.
>
> 2008/1/21, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>:
>> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> I think this blog posting titled "Postgres is not for sale" by Greg
>>> Sabino Mullane contains useful information for a lot of new
>>> people to
>>> Postgres as it relates our project and the MySQL purchase:
>>>
>>>       http://people.planetpostgresql.org/greg/index.php?/authors/
>>> 1-Greg-Sabino-Mullane
>>>
>>> And it makes us look good.  Is there some way we should get this
>>> more
>>> visibility?
>>
>> If Greg is willing it could be part of a larger why PostgreSQL
>> document
>> that imo could be on the main site under about/advantages or
>> something
>> like that.
>>
>> Joshua D. Drake
>>
>>
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