Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Global Development Group

From: Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com>
To: Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca>
Cc: Brian Knox <brian(at)mail(dot)pantalaimon(dot)net>, Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Date: 2002-12-08 20:57:03
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.44.0212081554300.75387-100000@paprika.michvhf.com
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On 7 Dec 2002, Rod Taylor wrote:

>
> > What too many people fail to realize is that in a commercial environment
> > many companies want another company to point the finger at in case of
> > disaster. Sybase failed, or HP failed, or IBM failed, or Microsoft
> > failed. They feel they can do something about that. If they lose a
> > few million they have someone they can go after, who are they going to
> > go after if PostgreSQL fails them? Marc? Bruce?
>
> This is when you start to shout that RedHat offers commercial support,
> licencing, etc. INCLUDING a free, non-restrictive source licence to the
> core components of RHDB.

I had considered mentioning redhat but didn't want to blur things. Red
hat markets PostgreSQL under a different name and they're offering a
complete package (including support as you note). The PGDG isn't doing
that and they shouldn't be.

Vince.
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