On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, Justin Clift wrote: > Vince Vielhaber wrote: > > On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Robert Treat wrote: > > > > > >>Well, my previous employer uses postgresql, but they were under constant > >>assault from their clients to use oracle or db2. Technically there was no > >>reason to switch, but if your choice is switch databases or go out of > >>business, there really isn't much choice. > > > > > > That tells me their clients wanted a commercial database, not one that's > > open source. All the marketing in the world won't change that. > > Really? > > Why do you say that?
Because of this taken from the above quoted text: "they were under constant assault from their clients to use oracle or db2" Last I looked neither Oracle or DB2 were open source, but they both just happen to be commercial and I don't see mysql mentioned. Anything else you don't understand about that? Vince. -- Fast, inexpensive internet service 56k and beyond! http://www.pop4.net/ http://www.meanstreamradio.com http://www.unknown-artists.com Internet radio: It's not file sharing, it's just radio. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
