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Interesting that you make the comparison to operating systems, since Linux is open and completely free and doesn't have a big company behind it. (Granted, I thi
by halestock 10y ago
Interesting that you make the comparison to operating systems, since Linux is open and completely free and doesn't have a big company behind it. (Granted, I think the big difference is that Linux doesn't have as many competitors as exist for DBs today.)
- rdtsc 10y agoIt is an "or" thing. It can be completely free and open like PostgreSQL or it should have Oracle behind it. OSes are a bit like that. Either a multi-billion dollar company like Apple or Microsoft behind it or it is completely open.
- bdcravens 10y ago> Linux is open and completely free and doesn't have a big company behind it Only small companies like IBM and Google who have put hundreds of millions of dollars into it.
- rdtsc 10y agoThe important part is it doesn't have "a" big company behind it. Contrast with Android. It is free and open and Amazon and others have forked it and used it. But the situation is not the same. If Google tomorrow drops out and doesn't want to contribute to Linux kernel, no big deal. IBM and Redhat will. If those don't want, others will.