Re: Re: [PATCHES] Select parser at runtime

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-08-12T16:23:38Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Tom Lane writes:

> Now now, what about our goal of Postgres world domination?  Gonna be
> tough to get there unless we can assimilate Oracle users ;-)

In order to achieve world domination you don't want to offer
compatibility, otherwise your users could move back and forth easily.
What you want is static conversion tools so people can move to your
product but not back to others.

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