Re: FAQ or so? - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Ulrich Schwab
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In response to FAQ or so?  (Jean-Christophe ARNU <jc.arnu@free.fr>)
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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:

>>    My question is, how can I refine my arguments, do you have others
>> arguments I can use? What could we say about responsabilities issue
>> regarding to  PG? How can I better advocate on PG -more generally- ?
>
> The Oracle and Microsoft and IBM database licenses will all disclaim any
> responsibility for your data loss.  You cannot get money off them or sue
> them for loss either.

The (small) threat to be sued might be an incentive for a commercial vendor
to help the customer anyway.

You might need to tell this people that they could provide plenty of
incentive to a open source community by supporting it openly with whatever
means they have. This way they might never need commercial support at all.
Keep in mind: This support is not necessarily financial.

Uli

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