Re: open source PostgreSQL not supportable?
From: Frank Hamersley <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:40:44 GMT
Message-ID: <MfOyf.218637$V7.103380_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
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> Nonsense. The RIGHT open source product may in the right hands deliver
> the goods as far as various statues ... but the only way you could
> possibly a that today would be if those "right hands" wrote a ton of
> low level C and essentially rewrote a portion of the open-source
> product's kernel.
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:40:44 GMT
Message-ID: <MfOyf.218637$V7.103380_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
DA Morgan wrote:
> Frank Hamersley wrote:
>
>> Nope - an error of omission IMO overrides the narrower reading. BTW, >> if not already apparent, I agree with the thrust of CB's post that an >> open source product could in the right hands deliver the goods as far >> as the various statutes tossed in to this topic.
>
> Nonsense. The RIGHT open source product may in the right hands deliver
> the goods as far as various statues ... but the only way you could
> possibly a that today would be if those "right hands" wrote a ton of
> low level C and essentially rewrote a portion of the open-source
> product's kernel.
Tres bon - le riposte!
Err, exactly which portion did you have front of mind and pray tell what are its offending features?
Cheers, Frank Received on Mon Jan 16 2006 - 15:40:44 CET