Re: Re: [HACKERS] My new job

Ah but remember... what is a "better RDBMS" to a company may be different
than one for the open source community.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mitch Vincent" <mitch@venux.net>
To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] My new job


> But think of the commercial possibilities for a PostgrePinball!
> :-)
>
> This was exactly my point earlier, it's not like GB is going to take
> PostgreSQL commercial or out of the Open Source community (they're
business
> revolves around Open Source products) -- the same guys are developing it
and
> they're heading in the same direction that they were 6 months ago before
GB
> came onto the scene -- to a better RDBMS!
>
> What's in PostgreSQL's best interests is (I think) in Great Bridge's best
> interest. They want to sell products and services based on or around
> PostgreSQL. If anything I think we'll see PostgreSQL get a lot better now
> that the developers can make a living doing what they had previously done
> away from their "real job".. More power to GB, PostgreSQL and the core
> developers...
>
> -Mitch
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
> To: "Jason Earl" <jdearl@yahoo.com>
> Cc: "PostgreSQL-general" <    >
> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 3:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] My new job
>
>
> > > Great Bridge is interested in turning PostgreSQL into
> > > a world class database system.  As users of PostgreSQL
> > > we all benefit from their paying Bruce (and whoever
> > > else) to work on it full time.  It's not like Great
> > > Bridge wants to turn PostgreSQL into a pinball machine
> > > emulator.
> >
> > All right, who leaked the Great Bridge product plans.  :-)
> >
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