Re: PostgreSQL derivatives

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, Seth Grimes <grimes(at)altaplana(dot)com>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL derivatives
Date: 2008-06-13 15:59:07
Message-ID: 1213372747.25121.183.camel@ebony.site
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On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 11:31 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Ah, yes, this is certainly something we always want to avoid ---
> having
> one company be so closely associated with Postgres that people think
> the
> company owns it and therefore controls it.
>
> Is that a problem now? What things can the community or companies do
> to avoid that?

I think you, as a Core member, should answer that question, not me.

> We could scale back contributions, but I am afraid that will hurt more
> than help.

I notice you said "we" when you meant "EnterpriseDB". This list is about
PostgreSQL advocacy, not the companies we belong to...

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Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support

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