Re: Vote on Windows installer links

From: Joshua Tolley <eggyknap(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Vote on Windows installer links
Date: 2009-07-08 18:27:29
Message-ID: 20090708182729.GI3133@eddie
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On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 06:34:19PM +0100, Simon Riggs wrote:
> "There is only one currently known Windows installer for PostgreSQL 8.4,
> and that can only be obtained by visiting an external commercial
> company's website: http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgdownload.do
> Do you think this situation should be changed, if a reasonable
> alternative can be found? +1 means change, -1 means no change."

+1. EnterpriseDB contributes a great deal to the community, and deserves
commensurate recognition within the community. But it always makes me worry
about the real open-source-ness of a project when I have to get pieces of it
-- even for free -- from a clearly commercial source. Thanking EnterpriseDB
for the installer on a PostgreSQL.org page that hosts it seems entirely
reasonable.

> "Do you believe that I am acting vindictively by asking for this? +1
> means yes, -1 means no."

-1.

--
Joshua Tolley / eggyknap
End Point Corporation
http://www.endpoint.com

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