This was a posting from the PostgreSQL crew. I'm posting it here for two reasons:
1. Maybe someone in our discussion group might be able to help who hasn't seen the original message. 2. I think the method I gave in my response below might be a good way to get work done on AOLserver module features (and possibly even some core stuff too) that we want. I don't know the logistics of doing something like this, but maybe I can spark others to think about it. Ideas are cheap. Action can be expensive. Flame me privately, please. /s. ------------- Forwarded message follows ------------- Is there any way we can take up a collection? I'd gladly donate a $100 to him for this work, but I'm not a company and don't have the big bucks. This is a "wouldn't it be neat if we put up a wish list of features we wanted on the Postgres site and allowed people commit donations to it?" No money would change hands until someone signed on and did the work. Sort of like how the public schools do a "sponsor this child for 50 cents/lap" kind of thing. But it would be interesting to see how much money had been committed to each feature or project so coders who are interested could decide what they'd work on next based on that. It would also lower the risk -- if it isn't done, the people committing the money don't have to pay. If it is done, it's a win-win situation. Just my thoughts. /s. Scott S. Goodwin http://scottg.net > > One of the main replication people would benefit from some financial > support in his work in getting replication into 7.3. He is currently > working as a consultant and would be able to devote much more time to > replication if he had some financial backing. If you or your company is > able to provide such support, please let me know and I will forward his > name to you. > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue > + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > >
