> I am a yarn-dyed Ingres bigot I know, but Curt is a rent-seeking sack
> of do-do. Is it unfair to ask if his business practices remind
> one of a protection racket? Pay him a fat fee to speak kindly of
> your
> company or he will take the time to speak unkindly of it?) My
> contacts
> tell me he has previously approached Ingres Corp (now Actian Corp)
> for
> a fee and been sent packing.
>
> Aligning yourself with comments from Monash reflects poorly on you.
I wasn't familiar with Mr. Monash before. My apologies for linking to him, then!
Note that the rename of the company and the "new direction" has been similarly received by other news sources. And by
customers;the way I found out about it is that a company called me about migration to Postgres from Ingres and sent me
thelink as why they were looking into it.
If I were an Ingres geek, I'd be looking hard at establishing a developer community outside of Actian corp. Let me
knowif you want to set up a fund with SPI!
--Josh Berkus