Re: [SQL] Grass Root Protectionism

2009-02-08 Thread Bruce Momjian
Scott Marlowe wrote: > On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Boycott Tech Forums > wrote: > > I am a Sr. Software Engineer in USA who (like many others) have been > > unfairly treated with offshore software engineers who have the audacity to > > take our jobs, yet ask (mostly) American engineers to hel

Re: [SQL] Grass Root Protectionism

2009-02-08 Thread D'Arcy J.M. Cain
On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 22:40:11 -0800 (PST) Boycott Tech Forums wrote: > I am a Sr. Software Engineer in USA who (like many others) have been unfairly > treated with offshore software engineers who have the audacity to take our > jobs, yet ask (mostly) American engineers to help them with their tech

Re: [SQL] Grass Root Protectionism

2009-02-08 Thread Tom Lane
"D'Arcy J.M. Cain" writes: > What's next? Only help white folks? This guy doesn't really deserve being responded to. Just ignore him. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postg

Re: [SQL] Grass Root Protectionism

2009-02-08 Thread D'Arcy J.M. Cain
On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:39:26 -0500 Tom Lane wrote: > "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" writes: > > What's next? Only help white folks? > > This guy doesn't really deserve being responded to. Just ignore him. Yes, as I was hitting the send key I wondered if he was just a troll but he managed to hit a few of

Re: [SQL] Grass Root Protectionism

2009-02-08 Thread Michael B Allen
On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 1:50 AM, Scott Marlowe wrote: > On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Boycott Tech Forums > wrote: >> I am a Sr. Software Engineer in USA who (like many others) have been >> unfairly treated with offshore software engineers who have the audacity to >> take our jobs, yet ask (mos

Re: [SQL] Grass Root Protectionism

2009-02-08 Thread John Hasler
Bruce Momjian writes: > Without non-US developers, Postgres would be less than half what it is > today Without non-US developers, Postgres would be _much_ less than half what it is today, just as it would be much less than half of what it is today without US developers. Cooperation, like trade, i

Re: [SQL] Grass Root Protectionism

2009-02-08 Thread John Hasler
D'Arcy J.M. Cain writes: > Hey buddy, I know what I, a non-American, have done for this project. > What have you done? I expect that this guy would tell you that all Free Software is evil and takes food out of the mouths of his children. -- John Hasler j...@dhh.gt.org Elmwood, WI USA -- Sent v