Re: EDB taking over? Another heart attack. - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Andreas Pflug
Subject Re: EDB taking over? Another heart attack.
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Msg-id 4A561E88.9010509@pse-consulting.de
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In response to Re: EDB taking over? Another heart attack.  (Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>)
Responses Re: EDB taking over? Another heart attack.  (Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>)
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Dave Page wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Andreas Pflug<pgadmin@pse-consulting.de> wrote:
>
>
>> Hm, what's objective? Maybe I should have explained a little more for
>> non-Daves :-) I was referring to a pgadmin-vs-edb licencing issue. Dave
>> handled it back then on behalf of the pgadmin community.
>>
>
> Oh, that. Yes, after badgering by me, EnterpriseDB first fulfilled
> their obligations of the licence which they messed up initially, and
> some months later provided us with a second-hand Mac to allow me to
> work on the Mac port.
>
> I don't think that constitutes being bought though. They did that a
> couple of years later with the promise of a nice salary in return for
> working for them on Postgres and pgAdmin :-)
>
No, the Mac was just a preparation; in hindsight, it was a strategic
move. They get what they want.

Regards,
Andreas




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