Everyone, please: Let's not have another round of "Let's
all go bash NuSphere".
Yes, I too, am interested in the case -- but let's have
the details - and not least *facts* - from the people who
are actually involved in this dispute.
I think some of Justin Farnsworth wise words from July 18
bear repeating:
> Perhaps there are three to seven people on this list that know what is
> really going on, and what the true facts are behind this dispute
...
> ... to take very emotional sides on this issue only
> validates that non-productive bromide, "the enemy of my
> friend is my enemy", something senseless in law, and thankfully
> so.
...
> Now, guys, be fair. NuSphere paid MySQL AB $325K for _something_.
> NuSphere just didn't come out of the woodwork and claim the
> goldmine with no prior contact, discussions, and understandings...
Back when I was to select between MySQL and PostgreSQL DBMS
years ago, part of my research involved simply joining the
mailing lists / newsgroups that were used by the two
camps. I very quickly came to the conclusion that on
one list, most of the discussion centered around "Why
our DBMS is better than theirs", "People using [the
other system] are *soooo* stupid, they haven't got a
clue", while at the other one, people were discussing
SQL, bug reports, fixes, etc. I leave you to guess
which one was which.*
Please, do not let this list take the same turn.
*In all fairness, I must say that I've never looked back
since I decided on MySQL, and I have no idea what's going
on in the PostgreSQL community today.
/ Carsten
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Carsten H. Pedersen
keeper and maintainer of the bitbybit.dk MySQL FAQ
http://www.bitbybit.dk/mysqlfaq
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