Scott Ribe wrote:
That's because he's a marketeer, not a developer or a sysadmin. He only understands market-speak.
No, I think he fully understands the relative position of PostgreSQL and its level of use. Think about it, why did he choose to disrespect this one particular open-source database out of all the ones available? Because in the context of that interview he could only squeeze in one such derogatory comment, and you can be sure he chose his target carefully. When somebody that highly placed in that large of an organization gives an interview, he doesn't usually make careless unplanned comments.
I feel good that PostgreSQL has gotten so much attention from IBM--it's a real sign of accomplishment ;-)
I could be reading it incorrectly, but the paragraph was outside any attributed quote:
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The developer community for Cloudscape now consists of about 80 IBM developers, Rivot said. IBM of course anticipates that population will explode when the open-source community gets its hand on the code, but just because a product goes open source doesn't mean it will succeed, as can be witnessed by the failure of the PostgreSQL database to thrive under this model.
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Therefore, the author, Lisa Vass, could well have formulated this assertion of failure from the deep inner recesses of her own mind.
I also find the other mention of PostgreSQL, which was an attributable quote, odd:
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Rivot agreed. "Some of the other ones [such as PostgreSQL], they've thrown it over the wall to see where it sticks," Rivot said. "In this case, there is a groundswell [of support], and that caused us to look and pay attention to it. The usage will continue to grow."
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What's the point of the square-brackets? Hmm...
Mike Mascari
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