On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 09:22:05PM -0700, Ask Bjoern Hansen wrote:
> >
> > How would this work? Say a company wanted to sponsor specific
> > Perl development work. Should they hire a Perl programmer
> > directly? Are there any other options?
>
> I an not sure what you specifically mean by "hire a Perl programmer
> directly".
>
> A message to p5p can help you find someone who can port perl to your
> XyzOS. Likewise then I'm sure a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] could
> help you find someone who would write a DBD::FooBar for your FooBar
> database. Most module authors are properly happy to take N amount
> of money to fix/improve/implement M in their module.
>
> I know that Tim a few times have done specific enhancements to
> DBI.pm for specific amounts of money.
Actually, for the record (and as far as I can remember), I've never
been offered anything to enhance the DBI. Only two specific key
enhancements to DBD::Oracle (for Oracle 8, and LOBs). Both around three
years ago.
> The first versions of
> libapreq (Apache::(Request|Cookie) are the perl interfaces) was
> sponsored by Critical Path if I recall correctly.
Who also sponsored the Oracle 8 support in DBD::Oracle.
Tim.
