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Re: Is there really no interest in SQL Standard?

From:  Greg Smith <greg-AT-2ndQuadrant.com>
To:  pgsql-hackers-AT-postgresql.org
Subject:  Re: Is there really no interest in SQL Standard?
Date:  Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:44:17 -0400
Message-ID:  <4E77A9A1.4070408@2ndQuadrant.com>
Archive-link:  Article, Thread

On 09/19/2011 10:58 AM, Joe Abbate wrote:
> Maybe it's time for an open source SQL standard, one not controlled by
> the "big guys" and their IP claims.
>    

Not spending as much time sitting in meetings and fighting with other 
vendors is one of the competitive advantages PostgreSQL development has 
vs. the "big guys".  There needs to be a pretty serious problem with 
your process before adding bureaucracy to it is anything but a backwards 
move.  And standardization tends to attract lots of paperwork.  Last 
thing you want to be competing with a big company on is doing that sort 
of big company work.

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Greg Smith   2ndQuadrant US    greg@2ndQuadrant.com   Baltimore, MD
PostgreSQL Training, Services, and 24x7 Support  www.2ndQuadrant.us


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