... > Now, I do not wish to have a manifesto, but a short and sweet "this is who we > are, and this is what we do" could be a positive thing.
"PostgreSQL is the most advanced open-source database available anywhere" has appeared in the docs for quite some time, and has appeared in other mention of PostgreSQL (release announcements etc). A short and sweet mission statement could describe what we do to make this true, and what we must continue to do to stay on top. Or we could leave it general; for example, "most advanced" could mean wrt standards compliance, or wrt leading edge features, or wrt performance, or ?? Let us decide what those specifics are as we go along... "PostgreSQL is and will be the most advanced open-source database available anywhere." No different in substance from what we've said all along. Leave out the specifics, because the next generations of developers will have specific directions to go :) - Thomas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly