On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Rob Kelley wrote:
>
> Just my two cents:
> If NYCwireless replicates a database--or gives out a database to be
> replicated--doesn't it make sense that the database be open-source
> (MySQL, PostgreSQL)?
I am confused. Are you referring to the open-source of the database
technology, or the open-source of the database project that runs on the
database technology?
I would argue the open-source of the database project is far more
important than the open-source of the database technology.
Unless there are REAL developers of database technology --- not just
application developers --- in this community (or communities alike), I
would rather like to go with a database technology that is robust, can
deliver the functionalities and performance needed, and a database
technology that have built-in access to the real database technology
developers. I will be for one who do not want to claim or take on
responsibilities that are over my head.
> It seems unwise to bind a non-profit to a proprietary license it doesn't
> control, no matter how wonderfully generous are the people who do hold
> the license.
Having said, John Klos' offer to provide commercial and other types of
licenses that entails access to experts who may not exist in this
community makes a perfect sense to me.
Bon
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