Re: What so special about PostgreSQL and other RDBMS?

VC allegedly said,on 29/05/2004 2:00 AM:

> I am not sure why you are trying to be dense here but that's your choice
> that I cannot argue with.

I find it quite interesting that you consider it "dense" to ask for an explanation that so far has not been forthcoming. Of an imbecile line of argument.

> 'A vendor of free software', while logically a contradiction in terms, is a

Amazing. So while "logically a contradiction of terms", it must somehow have a meaning because there is a crowd of imbeciles pushing it? And a crowd can NEVER be wrong. Is that it?

> convenient shorthand for 'a vendor of services for a piece of free
> software'. In lingustics, this phenomenon is called ellipsis and can lead to
> to some funny expressions.

You know, if there is one thing that drives me nuts is someone trying to hoodwink me with linguistic BULLSHIT. Please explain how you apply ellipsis to the original phrase to derive 'a vendor of services for a piece of free software'. In detail, not just name dropping.

> So be a good chap will you and apply some context to the 'inherently
> imbecilic expression' in order to deduce its meaning.

I have. I still can't understand how anyone can claim to be a vendor of free software.

> Otherwise, for consistency sake, you'd need to abandon the ambiguous
> English entirely and start all your new messages with the ZFC axioms and go
> on from there ...

No. I'd start with not using marketing bull in a technical forum. Very simple.

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