| From: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com> |
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| To: | Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc> |
| Cc: | Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Guillaume Smet <guillaume(dot)smet(at)gmail(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-www <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: pgFoundry Download URLs |
| Date: | 2010-01-03 18:50:05 |
| Message-ID: | E551DDC4-A8CB-4417-86F0-519BAF7F7966@justatheory.com |
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On Jan 3, 2010, at 6:06 AM, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
>> Yes, but are those people applying to pgFoundry to take advantage of the tools, or to have a presence in the community? I'll bet that the latter is usually the more important reason, since there are better tools elsewhere.
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> I cannot really answer that question but I guess it is a bit of both. As in for most of the simple projects the tools are still "good enough" and you get the community presence on top of that.
Except that: a. There are better tools available that provide higher visibility in general; and b. The community presence acquired as a result of being on pgFoundry is, as Magnus parentheticaly indicated and I agree, negligible.
Best,
David
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