Disappointing news

On Tuesday 01 June 2004 15:24, Mike Mascari wrote:

"Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ - news) will support open-source
software companies JBoss and MySQL on its servers as it seeks to
compete with International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM - news)
in offering Linux (news - web sites)-compatible services, a Linux
executive said late Monday."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/2004
0601/tc_nm/tech_hewlettpackard_dc

Perhaps an advocacy member should persuade them otherwise...

Also see (Unwrap URL of course)
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=109481&op=Reply&threshold=1&commentsort=0&tid=173&mode=flat&pid=9298111

Trusting his identity, I would say we need to persuade somebody else than HP.
If you have HP serving you, you can press your company. Also one of
postgresql supporting companies stepping up would be good as well..

Shridhar

I really would like to know what they are going to do if somebodies´
MySQL-database crashes really hard (eg by CPU failure) and comes back with
inconsistent state. Do they agree to be liable for that, because they certified
it?

Comparing MySQL with DB2 is IMHO quite funny. Like comparing pocket calculators
with mainframes.

Regards, Frank.

On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 16:12:16 +0530 Shridhar Daithankar
<shridhar@frodo.hserus.net> sat down, thought long and then wrote:

On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 06:42, Shridhar Daithankar wrote:

On Tuesday 01 June 2004 15:24, Mike Mascari wrote:

"Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ - news) will support open-source
software companies JBoss and MySQL on its servers as it seeks to
compete with International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM - news)
in offering Linux (news - web sites)-compatible services, a Linux
executive said late Monday."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;cid=569&amp;ncid=738&amp;e=1&amp;u=/nm/2004
0601/tc_nm/tech_hewlettpackard_dc

Perhaps an advocacy member should persuade them otherwise...

Also see (Unwrap URL of course)
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=109481&amp;op=Reply&amp;threshold=1&amp;commentsort=0&amp;tid=173&amp;mode=flat&amp;pid=9298111

Trusting his identity, I would say we need to persuade somebody else than HP.
If you have HP serving you, you can press your company. Also one of
postgresql supporting companies stepping up would be good as well..

Shridhar

Maybe people should start using SCO, given that they tend to be pretty
postgresql friendly.

:-)

Robert Treat
--
Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL

While the sentiment about supporting pgsql friendly vendors is valid,
personally, I'd sooner use dbase 3 than give SCO any money.

Gavin

On 03 Jun 2004 14:51:16 -0400, Robert Treat
<xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

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On Thursday 03 June 2004 20:51, Robert Treat wrote:

Maybe people should start using SCO, given that they tend to be pretty
postgresql friendly.

Now you've blown you cover, Mr. McBride! ;-)

Mit freundlichem Gruß / With kind regards
Holger Klawitter
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Agreed! The sooner SCO goes bankrupt the better.

Terry Fielder
Manager Software Development and Deployment
Great Gulf Homes / Ashton Woods Homes
terry@greatgulfhomes.com
Fax: (416) 441-9085

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From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Gavin M. Roy
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 3:28 PM
To: Robert Treat
Cc: shridhar@frodo.hserus.net; Mike Mascari; PostgreSQL-general
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Disappointing news

While the sentiment about supporting pgsql friendly vendors is valid,
personally, I'd sooner use dbase 3 than give SCO any money.

Gavin

On 03 Jun 2004 14:51:16 -0400, Robert Treat
<xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 06:42, Shridhar Daithankar wrote:

On Tuesday 01 June 2004 15:24, Mike Mascari wrote:

"Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ - news) will support open-source
software companies JBoss and MySQL on its servers as it seeks to
compete with International Business Machines Corp.

(NYSE:IBM - news)

in offering Linux (news - web sites)-compatible

services, a Linux

executive said late Monday."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;cid=569&amp;ncid=738&amp;e

=1&u=/nm/2004

0601/tc_nm/tech_hewlettpackard_dc

Perhaps an advocacy member should persuade them otherwise...

Also see (Unwrap URL of course)

http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=109481&amp;op=Reply&amp;threshold=1&amp;commentsort=0&amp;tid=173&amp;mod
e=flat&pid=9298111

Trusting his identity, I would say we need to persuade somebody else than HP.
If you have HP serving you, you can press your company. Also one of
postgresql supporting companies stepping up would be good as well..

Shridhar

Maybe people should start using SCO, given that they tend to be pretty
postgresql friendly.

:-)

Robert Treat
--
Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL

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