Re: PostgreSQL Certification

Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 11:36:11PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > one). But, if we had a foundation, even in name only, they would think
> > the foundation controls PostgreSQL development and features. They just
> > _want_ to think someone is in central control, and having a foundation
> > just confuses the issue. They have to understand PostgreSQL is run by
>
> Thought I'd mention that I too have had this experience. It is
> especially difficult in the era of Linux, because people think of
> Linux as being controlled by him (and in some sense it is). So they
> want to know who controlls PostgreSQL. Indeed, even the "core"
> developer group is fetishized (in the Marxian sense) by certain
> manager types I've met.

Yes, and to the extent we centralize control, we take away control from
the larger group, which is where the control really belongs.

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