On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 03:43:04PM -0700, Jeff Davis wrote: > Jim C. Nasby wrote: > > The email below about FreeBSD's involvement in Google's Summer of Code > > got me thinking; would there be value in trying to attract college > > students to working on either PostgreSQL development, or using > > PostgreSQL in projects? Even though we missed getting in on the summer > > of code this year, ISTM that we could try targeting colleges, > > professors, and students directly. When it comes to development, I'm > > sure there's any number of TODO items that would make great coursework, > > for all different levels of students. As for using PostgreSQL, perhaps > > we could get database classes together with projects that could use > > help. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > I am planning to take a database course at a major university this fall. > If you have any materials that might help I'd be happy to see if the > professor is interested. I don't know what the course uses currently, > but I expect there will be opportunities to mention PostgreSQL. > > Also, there's a PostgreSQL project that I'm planning on working on (not > even much work left, really), so I'll see if the professor shows any > interest in my project.
Well, since the typical belief is that MySQL is a good choice for things, http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html is probably a good start. -- Jim C. Nasby, Database Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?" ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
