Re: [HACKERS] beta testing version

2000-12-03 Thread Gary MacDougall
I think this trend is MUCH bigger than what Postgres, Inc. is doing... its happening all over the comminity. Heck take a look around... Jabber, Postgres, Red Hat, SuSe, Storm etc. etc. these companies are making good money off a business plan that was basically "hey, lets take some of that open

Re: [HACKERS] beta testing version

2000-12-03 Thread Gary MacDougall
No, not at all. At least for me, if I write code which is dependent on the open source work of others, then hell yes, that work should also be open source. That, to me, is the difference between right and wrong. Actually, your not legally bound to anything if you write "new" additional code,

Re: [HACKERS] beta testing version

2000-12-03 Thread Gary MacDougall
*someone* to make money. - Original Message - From: "The Hermit Hacker" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Gary MacDougall" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: "mlw" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Hannu Krosing" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Thomas Lockhart" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "

Re: [HACKERS] beta testing version

2000-12-03 Thread Gary MacDougall
Correct me if I'm wrong but in the last 3 years what company that you know of didn't consider an IPO part of the "business and such". Most tech companies that have been formed in the last 4 - 5 years have one thing on the brain--IPO. It's the #1 thing (sadly) that they care about. I only wished

Re: [HACKERS] beta testing version

2000-12-03 Thread Gary MacDougall
saying. g. - Original Message - From: "The Hermit Hacker" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Gary MacDougall" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: "mlw" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Hannu Krosing" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Thomas Lockhart" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Don Bac

Re: [HACKERS] cygwin gcc problem.

2000-11-12 Thread Gary MacDougall
tthew" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'Alfred Perlstein '" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "'Gary MacDougall '" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 1:29 PM Subject: RE: [HACKERS] cygwin gcc problem. I sucessfully compiled 7.0.2 on Win 2000 recently. I had a

[HACKERS] cygwin gcc problem.

2000-11-11 Thread Gary MacDougall
I'm trying to compile postgresql on Windows 2000. I've followed the directions accordingly. When I run the "configure" script, and I get the following error message: configure: error installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables. If anyone has any clues,