> To many of us, we absolutely are a community. Remember, there are people > here who have been around for 20+ years, of which many have become close > friends, having started working on PostgreSQL as a hobby. We have always > seen the project as a community of like-minded technologists, and welcome > others that wish to join, whether just to ask a single question or to hang > around for the next 20 years. I do see your viewpoint, but I would counter > that coming here for help (for example) is quite different from calling > tech support at a vendor. >
I fail to see how that makes everyone here part of a community anymore than I'm part of the "community" of regulars at a bar I walk into for the first time. As I said, the rules can and should apply within the list, but applying them outside the list is odd and wreaks of authoritarianism. Jim
