Re: Will Open Source be forced to go Proprietary - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Greg Sabino Mullane
Subject Re: Will Open Source be forced to go Proprietary
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In response to Re: Will Open Source be forced to go Proprietary  (Alex Satrapa <alex@lintelsys.com.au>)
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> However, one single grain of truth emerged: "Most people don't
> care about helping out Windows". Why would we? We already
> support the stable and trustworthy computing platform

Because the lack of a Windows port can hamper PostgreSQL's
non-Windows adoption. The lists are full of ancecdotes by
people in mixed-OS shops who have been making this point
for years.

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Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com
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