On 07/08/10 14:21, Gabor Szabo wrote:
hi,
Hi Gabor,
some of you might be aware that I have submitted a grant request to the TPF that
was focusing on two things:
1) fund-raising for TPF
2) promoting Perl on various non-Perl events
The main selling point to the companies was providing help to them to find
Perl developers.[1]
This is a very good idea. As contractor I often see requests of companies
which are searching Perl developers via staffing agencies - which might not
work properly. http://jobs.perl.org/ is not well know, but on the other hand
big companies do not contract developers directly - they do not like to many
different agreements.
I'd like to extend the proposal with some ideas on supporting development
of CPAN modules and on improved contact with vendors.
That means if my grant gets accepted I'll work on these items as well along
with the fund-raising and promotion.
As I am only a user of DBI and with very limited usage I'll need your help.
I'd like to get your input regarding database vendors,
the relevant DBDs and the relationship with the vendors.
Which DBDs need a lot of investment?
I cannot speak for other DBD's, but during the development on Meta-DBD's
for DBI-1.612 we (Martin Evans, H. Merijn Brand and myself) developed
some ideas how to improve the Meta-DBD's to make them more useful.
How do you think vendors could help?
(Giving money?, Giving software licenses? Allocating developer time?)
If a company would hire/contract DBI/DBD developers to get a specific
job done, that will always help. Tim offeres it on
http://dbi.perl.org/support, others would be available, too (e.g. me).
Which vendors are already involved?
I can report that a big chemical company paid for some SQL::Statement
speed up.
Should this go through TPF or do you think there are better channels for this?
Looking at the agreement problems of big companies (those who have money),
I think TPF would be a good address to start.
Who could help me in building up the contacts at the vendors?
What kind of support do you imagine?
Best regards,
Jens
regards
Gabor
http://szabgab.com/
[1] http://news.perlfoundation.org/2010/06/hague-grant-application-perl-e.html
