Re: Is there really no interest in SQL Standard? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Pavel Stehule
Subject Re: Is there really no interest in SQL Standard?
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In response to Re: Is there really no interest in SQL Standard?  (Greg Smith <greg@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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2011/9/19 Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>:
> On 09/19/2011 10:58 AM, Joe Abbate wrote:
>>
>> Maybe it's time for an open source SQL standard, one not controlled by
>> the "big guys" and their IP claims.
>>
>
> Not spending as much time sitting in meetings and fighting with other
> vendors is one of the competitive advantages PostgreSQL development has vs.
> the "big guys".  There needs to be a pretty serious problem with your
> process before adding bureaucracy to it is anything but a backwards move.
>  And standardization tends to attract lots of paperwork.  Last thing you
> want to be competing with a big company on is doing that sort of big company
> work.

+1 :)

Pavel

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