It seems the European Commission studying the Oracle purchase of Sun/MySQL has finally realized Postgres is a viable open source alternative to MySQL and has approved the purchase:
The Commission’s investigation showed that another open source database, PostgreSQL, is considered by many database users to be a credible alternative to MySQL and could be expected to replace to some extent the competitive force currently exerted by MySQL on the database market.
This article, titled in part, “If MySQL fails, there’s always PostgreSQL”, puts it even more succinctly. I know many MySQL people worked very hard campaigning against approval, and I am sure they are disappointed by the outcome. Postgres users should thank them because even though they lost, their work has increased the visibility of all open source databases, including PostgreSQL.
European Union Recognizes PostgreSQL
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Terrific work! This is the type of information that should be shared around the web. Shame on the search engines for not positioning this post higher!
It sounds like you’re creating problems yourself by trying to solve this issue instead of looking at why their is a problem in the first place
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Hello! Wonderful concept, but can this truly work?
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Great thread. Enjoyed the posts..
{Amazing|Interesting} that I came across this…
I was just talking about this just a few weeks again and just happened to come across this….
Good thread. Cheers!!
You’re welcome
I guess your words count as some comfort… If there’s anything more I can do for Postgres, just let me know!
I would also like to thank you and everyone in the Postgres community for acting respectably during the regulatory process. Some others of our competitors took the opportunity to openly support the idea of Oracle taking over MySQL, apparently seeing an opportunity for themselves in this outcome. I didn’t see much of that from Postgres, which I consider a sign of acting with fair play towards the MySQL community. (The press release after the decision was of course more than fine, since it doesn’t change the damage one way or the other anymore, and promoting your product is certainly welcomed.)
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