Re: Re: [HACKERS] My new job

I wasn't judging. I was mentioning to others what the concerns probably
were. Also, it isn't a concern of "Company B" taking over. It is of the
possibility of development put in the direction that best benefits of
Company B as opposed to the project itself. And again, yes, the other core
members can tell them to "blow it out their arse" but then you have a
situation of them either going on their own and doing a "splinter" or just
quitting in general and the direction is then even more put in the direction
of Company B.

It is merely a conflict of interest issue. Same issue in law as having
attorney's from the same firm on the side of defendant and plaintiff. If
the plaintiff is a multi-million dollar client and the defendant is
pro-bono... there is concern about bias.

Congratulations is in order for Mr. Momjian. I'm not saying he should or
shouldn't work for them. I'm just playing devil's advocate.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Meskes" <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: "PostgreSQL-general" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] My new job

> On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 01:37:33PM -0400, Adam Lang wrote:
> > that core members will have more loyalty to the project in view of their
> > employers as opposed to the view of the project itself. That risk is
> > increased ten-fold when multiple members are in the same company.
>
> Hey, I don't think this discussion makes a lot of sense. Yes, I do see the
> risks for the project, but Bruce has to do whatever is best for his life.
If
> you are offered your dream job, would you really back off just because
there
> are too many of your friends working their too?
>
> After all IF GreatBridge were to take over PostgreSQL the core members are
> free to keep on working on a free version in their spare time. So that's
> about the same situation as it is now.
>
> Okay they may stop liking to do that, but that can happen regardless of
what
> job they are in. After all working on free software takes away
> quite a lot of your spare time. So many become tired of this once their
real
> life takes its toll.
>
> Michael
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