-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 > --> It provides a feel-good feeling knowing that a big company, after > having paid XXX amount on it, the solution will not die in X number of > years leaving the customer stranded. That's a valid concern. Not sure having a roadmap really correlates with long-term existence, but it's a logical concern for companies. > 2. Accountability > --> Community Owned/Control = no specific person to sue. (and we all > know how enterprises are sue-happy > --> The want a scapegoat. With Community, who's to be sued? (unless of > course they buy from a company such as MySQL or EnterpriseDB, they can > most certainly sue them for moolah) No, they want someone to call when things go wrong, not someone to sue or a scapegoat. Please don't perpetuate this urban myth. No companies are suing Oracle and Microsoft because of their products, and companies have no expectation of doing so. It might be nice if they did, and some theorize it would lead to better and more secure products, but the reality is that with software, you are on your own. Any company telling you otherwise as a reason not to use open source is lying. - -- Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200711300817 http://biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFHUA4rvJuQZxSWSsgRAxioAKDNTUm9qjQfpEY2AC21RWIUAi5MTwCfWvH0 LalLG2NS42YJcxUdzZESx1Y= =cfxk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org/

Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@wdc.com> writes: > Being Corporate owned is not a bad thing(tm) for they present themselves > with these differences. > ... > --> It provides a feel-good feeling knowing that a big company, after > having paid XXX amount on it, the solution will not die in X number of > years leaving the customer stranded. Anyone who thinks that's a reason to feel good is living on some other planet than I do. Consider that if the company *does* decide to abandon the product ... which happens all the time, particularly for products that aren't market leaders ... you are up the proverbial creek with no paddle. You've never seen the code and never will. With an open-source product, you at least have the option to hire a couple of programmers and maintain it yourself, for as long as *you* need it. (Moreover, there are probably a few other people in the same position as you, whom you can cooperate with. Need I point out that this is exactly how the current Postgres project came to be, ten-plus years ago?) regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq