Re: Oracle purchases Sleepycat - is this the "other shoe" - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Oracle purchases Sleepycat - is this the "other shoe"
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Msg-id 3519.1140796305@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Oracle purchases Sleepycat - is this the "other shoe"  (Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>)
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Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to> writes:
>   "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org> wrote:
>> Greatbridge had "major funding", and succeeded in burning it off in, what,
>> 12 months?

> It's been a long time, but I thought they still had a significant amount
> of money left when Greatbridge was shut down.

Oh, certainly.  Lack of money was not the problem --- GB was performing
according to plan, which was to become profitable within three years,
but the board of directors got cold feet.

            regards, tom lane

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