On 8 Dec 2002, Oliver Elphick wrote: > On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 20:52, Vince Vielhaber wrote: > > > 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. > > This is a reason to increase marketing effort. I know the word has > pejorative overtones in our community, but it means talking about > PostgreSQL so that the PHBs hear about it and therefore begin to feel > comfortable about using it. > > If something is familiar, it feels safe. We need to make PostgreSQL > familiar. That's why we need marketing.
Then why wasn't mysql in the list? It's familiar. 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 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
