Re: is Oracle evil? About former Sun Open Source @Oracle
- From: Igor Neyman <igor.neyman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: salem.ghassan@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 10:38:32 -0400
Obviously, Oracle can do whatever it deems appropriate for it's business to
do.
But these servers were used specifically for "Postgres on Solaris".
So, Oracle could be interested in having more software available to run on
the OS (Solaris) that Oracle sells. Unless, Oracle is planning to kill
Solaris.
Also, do you really think that Oracle sees Postgres as competitor?
Regards,
Igor Neyman
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Ghassan Salem <salem.ghassan@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I don't really understand why people see that Oracle is doing evil in this
> case. After all, Oracle is not a charity, neither is Enterprise DB (backed
> by IBM and RH). So Why Oracle should give servers so people can develop
> software that EDB and others make profit from? Let IBM and RH give away the
> required servers. Oracle never announced that they will continue endorsing
> whatever Sun was endorsing,
>
> rgds
>
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Walker, Jed S <
> Jed_Walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> That isn't good. PostgreSQl is a very good database. I had trouble
>> trying to convince the developers that there should be a way to switch
>> out a WAL (archive) log after doing a hot backup, but otherwise I found
>> it very nice (especially not having to deal with mutating triggers!). It
>> doesn't have the high-end features and tuning tools, but it is a very
>> good solid product. I used a company called PostgreSQL, Inc. for 3rd
>> party product support and they were very good.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sven Aluoor
>> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 11:59 AM
>> To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: is Oracle evil? About former Sun Open Source @Oracle
>>
>> Hi folks
>>
>> Today in the headlines:
>> "Oracle shuts down open source build and test servers for PostgreSQL"
>> http://www.itnews.com.au/News/221051%2coracle-shuts-down-open-source-tes
>> t-servers.aspx<http://www.itnews.com.au/News/221051%2coracle-shuts-down-open-source-tes%0At-servers.aspx>
>>
>> Sad to see innovative company named Sun to be destroyed by Oracle :-(
>>
>> cheers Sven
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