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From Ounnapirak, Chotiwat
Subject Postgres & Commercial
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Msg-id CD2896E1879CD11181E100805FE62EE10D1C71@THAS0009
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> Hi all,
>
> I don't think we're gonna be in war with mSQL or MySQL. They're our pals
> in this crusade. The way of free and open source is really great. No one
> here works for any benefit but we still need to succeed. In here, the
> success declare as the number of user running Postgres which somebody
> think that it's not enough. The problem is our direction is not quite
> clear. What we're gonna be? A lot of gorgeous features have been added to
> Postgres while we still need to comply some standards. I don't think those
> magnificent features are not good but it's not an essencial. Once a
> developer wants to pick a DBMS what he has to concern? A lot of unseen
> features are interesting, but what for if you ain't gonna use it? IMHO, we
> should build up a stronger foundation first. Make it to comply all SQL92
> and improve other cool features later. For me, MySQL has found its place,
> an easy web connection where a true DBMS is no need. From our background
> in here, the target should be "the alternative for ones who want a TRUE
> DBMS".
>
> Cho
>


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