Re: Call from Info World

Josh Berkus wrote:
> Guys,
>
> > > Hmm... I don't see amanda, openacs, or ltsp all that visible to the
> > > greater tech (ie. commercially driven) community, and Perl and Python
> > > aren't really the same; there not a piece of software like postgresql.
>
> So? They are open source projects. Linux isn't a piece of software like us
> either.
>
> > Yea, I said Apache didn't fit the list, but I was thinking of Sendmail
> > at the time, which is controlled by Sendmail, Inc. (Talk about
> > confusing with PostgreSQL, Inc. Yuck.)
> >
> > Anyway, Apache might be closest.
>
> No, Apache is very dominated by IBM, at least they were a year ago ... I've
> heard lots of bitching about it from their mailing lists and nasty politics.
>
> Other projects that I'mm pretty sure aren't corporate-run: Samba, Abiword,
> Gnucash, Webmin, OpenGroupware, Hordemail.
>
> I believe that KDE is rather dominated by SuSE these days, but I could be
> wrong.

Here is what I have come up with for a future talk. Is it accurate?

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Uniqueness of PostgreSQL as an Open Source Project

Not like:

* Not Linux - no single gatekeeper, project is usable without enhancement
* Not Mozilla - no company history like AOL/Netscape
* Not Open Office - no controlling company like Sun
* Not Gnome - no controlling companies
* Not PHP - no Zend steering development
* Not Sendmail - no control by Sendmail, Inc.
* Not MySQL - no MySQL AB that does all server development

More like:

* FreeBSD - community project
* Samba - active developer community

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