From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
Cc: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, PgSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] Thought provoking piece on NetBSD |
Date: | 2006-08-31 18:36:12 |
Message-ID: | 200608311836.k7VIaCG11481@momjian.us |
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Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
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> On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 09:11:52AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > I thought some people in this group may find this letter from one of
> > NetBSD's founders very interesting.
> >
> > http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2006/08/30/0016.html
> >
> > It is current, to the point and has some direct correlations with our
> > project that we may want to be aware of.
>
> Nice post, though I don't think PostgreSQL really has many of the
> faults he lists. The only obvious one to me is the strong leadership
> part, but that's not quite as necessary (I think) because the project
> has a clear goal (to a certain extent): SQL compliance.
I think the issue is complacent leadership on the one hand, vs. a single
forceful leader on the other. I think the best configuration somewhere
is in the middle, which is what we have. I don't see how it is related
to the OS problem domain.
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Bruce Momjian bruce(at)momjian(dot)us
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