| From: | Jan Wieck <janwieck(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
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| To: | mlw <markw(at)mohawksoft(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>, Jim Mercer <jim(at)reptiles(dot)org>, jm(dot)poure(at)freesurf(dot)fr, David Terrell <dbt(at)meat(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL mission statement? |
| Date: | 2002-05-02 19:55:49 |
| Message-ID: | 200205021955.g42JtnM15874@saturn.janwieck.net |
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mlw wrote:
> "Marc G. Fournier" wrote:
>
> > > BTW, I think PostgreSQL does _not_ need any mission statement.
> >
> > Nope, it doesn't ... never did before, don't know why it does suddenly ...
> > do any other open source projects have one? Its kinda fun to see what ppl
> > banter around, but I can't see it being useful to adopt any single one,
> > considering I can't see *everyone* agreeing with it ...
>
> We as developers do not need mission statements, per se' but it is often useful
> as something to point to.
Yupp. As PostgreSQL developers we are simply committed to
make commit what others need to commit to PostgreSQL.
If we ever define something like a mission statement, it
should be named "The 10 commitments" anyway, no?
Jan
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