On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 10:27 +1300, Andrej Ricnik-Bay wrote: > On 12/20/06, Joshua D. Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think my overall thought is the tone seems a bit non-gracious to > > companies, when IMO the community should be actively courting companies > > to give resources. If companies feel unwelcome, they won't give. > I appreciate that, but then Bruce' aim was (or at least that's how I > interpreted it) to point out difficulties that he as a long time member of > the postgres hacker community sees; it would be a bit weird to expect > him to write something from the perspective of a company (even though > he conceivably could as an employee of enterprisedb).
Well of course :), that is why I offered some feedback. > > > The second point is that if the community ignores the company trying to > > give resources, the company is likely to ignore the community and thus > > we both fail (and vice versa). > I guess it depends on how you define "fail" for a group that hasn't > set its mind on making profit. > I am not speaking to profit or loss or money at all. I believe that just the relationship not being productive between the community and the company could be considered failing. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate