> Errr... Gold-digger is American slang for a woman seeking a rich
> husband.

I know: one of the new princesses in the Netherlands was accused of
being one and the word entered the Dutch vocabulary; I was bending it
to extend the metaphore. Perhaps we both are in danger of being
arrested by the analogy police:
http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert200601210467
12.jpg

Beyond that, I am interested to hear your views on the concept of
generic competition:
- all relational databases significantly overlap and hence compete
- all databases compete for the decision maker's attention