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If you're going to post your subjective opinion on something involving your employer vs a competitor it's best to include a disclaimer in future.

• skj 12y ago
  What was the subjective opinion? "neat"? The rest was factual.
  • loco77 12y ago
    The subjective opinion was about "following" when Amazon has had relational database services for years, and the latest engine they say was under development for 3 years, not exactly something in response to goog. Irrespective of that you shouldn't be posting as joe public when in fact you are a Google employee playing cheerleader for Google products on threads about your competitors products. Keep it classy.
    • skj 12y ago
      We're not talking about a relational database, we're talking about a mysql-wire-compatible database. Google BigQuery has been around for a while too. Adding "disclaimer: googler" to every post I make on HN seems pretty obnoxious to both me and anyone reading. I just didn't feel that "neat" + a fact qualified. Clearly opinions on that differ, and I'll probably just post less in the future.
      • loco77 12y ago
        It's only necessary in cases where there is an obvious conflict of interest.
        • skj 12y ago
          That's fair. It's certainly not my intention to astroturf.