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

From Andreas Pflug
Subject Re: [GENERAL] Oracle buys Innobase
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Msg-id 434E206A.8030404@pse-consulting.de
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] Oracle buys Innobase  (Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>)
Responses Re: [GENERAL] Oracle buys Innobase  ("Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>)
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Jan Wieck wrote:
> On 10/12/2005 6:18 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Jussi Mikkola wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Well, if the PostgreSQL developers would be hired away from the
>>> project with big money, would that not mean, that the project would
>>> be a good path to earn a lot of money. So, new talented developers
>>> could join the project and see that as a path to high salary jobs??
>>
>>
>> Wow, what a twisted way to look at it ... not entirely inaccurate, but
>> twisted :)
>
>
> Oracle could even develop an exceptional interest in keeping PostgreSQL
> alive as it's "future DB engineer forge".

Looks like a good reason why Oracle should sponsor PostgreSQL heavily :-)

Regards,
Andreas

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