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> MySQL has such a team, and so does Oracle, and it helps. Linux was in a
> similar boat, with multiple companies behind Linux, and every one
> promoting its own company rather than Linux itself. We need large
> PostgreSQL companies that promote themselves, and PostgreSQL along with
> it. Linux is in the same boat, with distributors promoting themselves
> and Linux along with it.
Right. That may have slowed down the trade press recognition of Linux,
but in the end Linux has risen into view by popular demand and acclaim.
PostgreSQL has a similar opportunity and can succeed on a similar path.
We do have a superior technical solution, we have a superior open-source
support system, and we have (imho :) a superior development model and
development team open to new contributions and innovation.
The basis is there for success into the future, and at some point we
will get a lot for a little effort on marketing. Other products
bootstrap themselves by marketing early and often. And to the detriment
of the technical side.
- Thomas