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Re: Patents, Open Source & Server-side Development

Author:Mark A. Hershberger
Posted:8/23/2000; 3:32:08 PM
Topic:Next survey: Are you an open source developer?
Msg #:20010 (In response to 19998)
Prev/Next:20009 / 20011

The reality (IMHO) is that 1. closed binary versions can't ever diverge from the original base, or they always eventually become dead branches, and 2. the distribution benefits by pushing back to the core will always eventually drown out the gain from the closed tree.

Not true.

PostgreSQL has two proprietary forks in its history, Ingres (now owned by CA) and Postgres (now integrated into Informix). From the history, it does not appear that the original forks contributed to the continued development of the "Open Source" product.

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