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Re:MariaDB to be acquired by Runa Cap? by swores on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @05:43PM (#37577215)
The way they wrote a full sentence, that seems to be about Postgres, before introducing the word "Postgres" in the second sentence, does make it appear like they were confused and thought this thread was about that. (As the other logical reading would be that the first sentence is complimenting MariaDB before switching tack for sentence two. What they needed to do to not cause the confusion was to start with "Meanwhile, Postgres just gets...")
Re:MariaDB to be acquired by Runa Cap? by 63 on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @06:35PM (#37577960)
I took it as a way to intentionally misdirect the reader and then subvert their expectations. In other words, a joke.
Re:MariaDB to be acquired by Runa Cap? by throwawayllaq on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @06:00AM (#37582356)
I took it as it was written, word by word.
Re:MariaDB to be acquired by Runa Cap? by cultofmetatron on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @11:54AM (#37585772)
> I took it as a way to intentionally misdirect the reader and then subvert their expectations.

can confirm