From: Boyd Lynn Gerber Date: June 9 2005 8:12pm Subject: Re: Seriously.. When are we going to get subqueries?! List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/185281 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 Bob_Savard@stripped wrote: > A long time ago when I was doing support for Lotus Notes, I was told that > the customer who 'complains' about legitimate bugs may be the most valuable > type of customer of all. This is because they care enough to vent. Who > knows how many unhappy customers one has if none ever complain? What if > all those who submitted bugs against subquery performance didn't care > enough about the product to submit them? You may have a dwindling customer > base and you might never know why. And today's 'free' MySQL user could > very well end up being tomorrow's paid support customer if they feel the > product is good and their voice will be heard. > > Positive, professional venting always seems to help though :) And if you think something should be done sooner you can always implement it or get a group together to fund the project you think should have a higher priority. I am sure with the proper funding it could become a very high priority. -Just my $.01 -- Boyd Gerber ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047