Thread: Re: [GENERAL] MySQL gets $19.5 MM

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Gearon [mailto:gearond@cvc.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:57 AM
> To: josh@agliodbs.com
> Cc: jm.poure@freesurf.fr; pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org;
> pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] MySQL gets $19.5 MM
>
>
> all very good points. And I felt a little bit of bile in my
> mouth, myself, when I realized, several years ago, the true
> development and business model behind MySQL. Also, the
> HODGEPODGE way they added features from other development projects.
>
> But others are right. We need someone like IBM is to Linux,
> or Apple is to Konqueror.  Someone who puts a lot of time and
> money into the product for their own selfish interests, but
> then releases it.

Isn't Redhat doing that?

I heard they were working on a complete NIST validation.  That's a
stupendous effort.

For Postgres?

Dann Corbit wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Dennis Gearon [mailto:gearond@cvc.net]
>>Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:57 AM
>>To: josh@agliodbs.com
>>Cc: jm.poure@freesurf.fr; pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org;
>>pgsql-general@postgresql.org
>>Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] MySQL gets $19.5 MM
>>
>>
>>all very good points. And I felt a little bit of bile in my
>>mouth, myself, when I realized, several years ago, the true
>>development and business model behind MySQL. Also, the
>>HODGEPODGE way they added features from other development projects.
>>
>>But others are right. We need someone like IBM is to Linux,
>>or Apple is to Konqueror.  Someone who puts a lot of time and
>>money into the product for their own selfish interests, but
>>then releases it.
>
>
> Isn't Redhat doing that?
>
> I heard they were working on a complete NIST validation.  That's a
> stupendous effort.
>

"Dann Corbit" <DCorbit@connx.com> writes:
>> From: Dennis Gearon [mailto:gearond@cvc.net]
>> But others are right. We need someone like IBM is to Linux,
>> or Apple is to Konqueror.  Someone who puts a lot of time and
>> money into the product for their own selfish interests, but
>> then releases it.

> Isn't Redhat doing that?

Red Hat is putting a fair amount of money into PG development: they're
paying my salary, for example, and several other people who are not as
visible on the lists.  But they aren't presently spending a dime on
promoting Postgres to the world.  *That* is what I miss about Great
Bridge; they had the money and the inclination to do marketing efforts.
I think the project benefited greatly from the exposure it got from
GB's efforts.

> I heard they were working on a complete NIST validation.  That's a
> stupendous effort.

We have a couple of college interns going through the NIST validation
suite.  It'll take a while to finish, but I think it'll be valuable.
As someone else pointed out, it's already turned up one
previously-unknown (to me anyway) compliance bug.

            regards, tom lane
            Red Hat Database project