Thread: Using Religion to make a case for the BSD(PostgreSQL) licencse
I just read an interesting article which starts out as a MySQL vs. Postgresql but latter boils down to a GPL vs. BSD arguement. http://www.enterpriseirregulars.com/28665/internal-email-on-why-a-software-company-migrates-away-from-mysql/ My opinion about the author is that he or she was pretty bold regarding the religious illustration used in the argument. I think I would have been fired on the spot if I distributed an internal email with a similar argument. -- Regards, Richard Broersma Jr. Visit the Los Angeles PostgreSQL Users Group (LAPUG) http://pugs.postgresql.org/lapug
On Thursday 04 November 2010 3:09:57 pm Richard Broersma wrote: > I just read an interesting article which starts out as a MySQL vs. > Postgresql but latter boils down to a GPL vs. BSD arguement. > > http://www.enterpriseirregulars.com/28665/internal-email-on-why-a-software- >company-migrates-away-from-mysql/ > > My opinion about the author is that he or she was pretty bold > regarding the religious illustration used in the argument. I think I > would have been fired on the spot if I distributed an internal email > with a similar argument. > Well the author was the CEO, so he was immune :) In any case it was a good analogy. > -- > Regards, > Richard Broersma Jr. > > Visit the Los Angeles PostgreSQL Users Group (LAPUG) > http://pugs.postgresql.org/lapug -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@gmail.com
Richard Broersma wrote: > I just read an interesting article which starts out as a MySQL vs. > Postgresql but latter boils down to a GPL vs. BSD arguement. > > http://www.enterpriseirregulars.com/28665/internal-email-on-why-a-software-company-migrates-away-from-mysql/ > > My opinion about the author is that he or she was pretty bold > regarding the religious illustration used in the argument. I think I > would have been fired on the spot if I distributed an internal email > with a similar argument. I am not sure I fully understand the author's point, but it was certainly interesting, and the "force charity" line is right on the mark. I am not sure we should avoid historical analogies just because they reference religious history --- the analogy seemed reasonable, meaning he didn't go out of his way to reference religious history, but rather it made sense to the author. I would hate to think that people can't express themselves in that way. The reference to "Ingres" was surprising because we rarely hear of migrations to Ingres. I personally found the "Why not Ingres" line humorous. (OK, I am a bad boy.) ;-) -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. +
On 7 November 2010 04:10, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote: > The reference to "Ingres" was surprising because we rarely hear of > migrations to Ingres. I personally found the "Why not Ingres" line > humorous. (OK, I am a bad boy.) ;-) That's five hail Mary's and 10 bucks in collect for you ... ;D Cheers, Andrej -- Please don't top post, and don't use HTML e-Mail :} Make your quotes concise. http://www.georgedillon.com/web/html_email_is_evil.shtml