Re: What so special about PostgreSQL and other RDBMS?

From: Galen Boyer <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com>
Date: 20 May 2004 08:02:11 -0500
Message-ID: <uhdubl0e8.fsf@standardandpoors.com>

On Thu, 20 May 2004, wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam wrote:
> Doug Hutcheson wrote:

>> Clearly, that makes good commercial sense and nobody would
>> dispute their right to drop suport for old products, but it
>> does lock customers into an "upgrade or else" cost cycle.

>
> NO it MOST definitely does NOT lock customers into ANY upgrade
> cycle! Customers GET locked into the upgrade cycle because
> they believe the rubbish put out by nongs like M$.

Noons,

How many customers of Oracle do you know whom are willing to say no to having support for their database that is in production? I would guess this is a small number, but you may have seen alot different numbers.

-- 
Galen Boyer

Received on Thu May 20 2004 - 08:02:11 CDT