tim@proximity.com.au (Tim Allen) writes:
: [...] Near the end he gets specifically asked about "Red Hat
: Database" as a competitive threat, and he responds that he doesn't
: think anyone can match their "investment" of "800 professionals" to
: work on SQL Server. [...]
It would be naive to dismiss Microsoft's (or Oracle's, or IBM's)
database teams. They have many very smart developers/researchers
working full time on these systems. The investment is quite real.
tgl wrote:
: The longer that Oracle, MS, et al don't believe we're a threat, the
: better. But I wonder how they *really* see us. [...]
Good question.
- FChE