>From the Open Office . org list On 2003.01.10 12:09 Josh Berkus wrote: Ruben,
> Oh yes ... but it was in the short list of reasons to oppose using > Mysql > and it's what we call in Hebrew, Loshen Harah.. evil speach. Monty > and Dave > do not deserve this reputation. Say what you will about the > technical merits of MYSQL > but the team is wonderfully friendly and cooperative, especially to > end users. You seem to have a good relationship with Monty and/or Dave. Could you suggest to them that we could bury a lot of the animosity between the MySQL and PostgreSQL camps if MySQL would take the 3-page "MySQL is good, PostgreSQL is bad" section *out* of the MySQL documentation? No other Open Source project I know of has anything this critical of another OSS project in print, and its presence is an ongoing testament to a no-holds-barred competitive attitude on the part of MySQL AB. It's quite possible that that section no longer reflects the real attitudes of the MySQL team, but it remains on the web site. It's particularly glaring since there is no comparison made with any proprietary software products, just Postgres and mSQL. Personally, I would love to see an "Open Source Database Alliance" to allow MySQL, PostgreSQL, SAPDB and Phoenix to challenge the current supremacy of Oracle and DB2. I've already talked to some people on the SAP-DB team about this. As with office productivity applications, it's the only real way to challenge the $millions in advertising the "big boys" have. -Josh Berkus -- __________________________ Brooklyn Linux Solutions __________________________ DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS http://fairuse.nylxs.com http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Consulting http://www.inns.net <-- Happy Clients http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive or stories and articles from around the net http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/downtown.html - See the New Downtown Brooklyn.... 1-718-382-0585 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
