Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:30:50 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, personrp@upmc.edu Subject: Re: Oracle buys Sun Message-ID: <200904211330.n3LDUoRL095390@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <1AE59099C6D80E41BEB64A1768AFB4EA0EDF8846@msxmbxnsprd18.acct.upmchs.net>
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Person, Roderick <personrp@upmc.edu> wrote: > Doesn't Oracle own Postgres Db? No. They own Berkeley DB (they acquired Sleepycat Software about three years ago, who developped Berkeley DB since 1996). PostgreSQL, which also originates from Berkeley, is developed by a global group of volunteers, much like FreeBSD. It is distributed under a very liberal license: a zero-clause BSD- style license. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Passwords are like underwear. You don't share them, you don't hang them on your monitor or under your keyboard, you don't email them, or put them on a web site, and you must change them very often.
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