On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 04:33:28PM +0000, Jens Rehsack wrote: > On 07/08/10 14:21, Gabor Szabo wrote: > > >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).
For the record, I've never had any ongoing support contract with any company for Perl DBI support. There have been a couple of occasions where the development of specific new features in DBI and DBD::Oracle were sponsored. (Things like swap_inner_handle in DBI and support for LOBs in DBD::Oracle.) The closest thing to an ongoing arrangement was with Oracle where they paid me some money to provide nominal support for DBD::Oracle. That lastest about a year, IIRC, and was a small sum for a small commitment. Tim.
