On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 11:34:48AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 03:34:31PM +0100, Peter Geoghegan wrote: > > Something that I would suggest is that those that are receiving > > funding be transparent about it. It isn't essential of course, but to > > do any less might lead to the perception of there being a conflict of > > interests in some people's minds, which is best avoided. > > > > I am conscious of the fact that I've expressed lots of opinions on > > this thread on our processes and so on, some of which, if followed > > through on, would be quite large departures. I hope that they were > > received as modest suggestions. > > I appreciate everything everyone said in this thread, and I can't think > of an example off the top of my head where vendors adversely affected > our process. I think the _big_ reason for that is that our community > members have always acted with a "community first" attitude that has > insulated us from many of the pressures vendors can place on the > development process. I am sure that protection will continue --- I just > wanted to point out that it is a necessary protection so we can all be > proud of our released code and feature set, and continue working as a > well-coordinated team.
Let me add one more thing. As someone who has been funded for Postgres work since 2000, I am certainly "pro-funding"! Since our community members have a "community first" attitude, it is the community's responsibility to help them get funding. We have thrown around a few ideas in this thread, but perhaps someone should start a new email thread with first-hand suggestions of how we can help people get funding. I am certainly ready to help however I can. My reason for replying to this thread was to highlight our valuable "community first" attitude. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
