Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] My new job

2000-10-23 Thread Jan Wieck
Peter Eisentraut wrote: Bruce Momjian writes: After careful consideration, I have decided to accept a job with Great Bridge. Whatever happened to this: Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 15:19:48 -0400 From: Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ross J. Reedstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc:

Re: [HACKERS] My new job

2000-10-13 Thread Ross J. Reedstrom
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 01:02:52PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: Bottom line is we're not sure what to do now. Opinions from the floor, anyone? First, I include my voice with those congratulating Bruce, and wishing him the best of luck in his new position. I concur that no one who has paid any

Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] My new job

2000-10-13 Thread Bruce Momjian
What to do? Make as much communication as possible public. When in doubt, err on the public side. Develop in the fish bowl. If you feel there still a need for private channels, perhaps include some outside representative, trusted by the community, who can serve as a witness of record, if you

Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] My new job

2000-10-13 Thread Ross J. Reedstrom
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 04:10:48PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: We were talking about this today down here at Great Bridge, and I mentioned that there is very little that happens in the core group. Up until Great Bridge arrived, and we had to secretly communicate with them, there really

Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] My new job

2000-10-13 Thread Tom Lane
Philip Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When someone devotes hours of time to PGSQL for no recompense, their motives are generally not questioned. So when someone makes a design decision, the motive is assumed to be because it is best in the long term for the project. As soon as someone is

Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] My new job

2000-10-13 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 10:54:31PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: Man, Tom, our cover is working perfectly. Let's disagree on something again. That will really convince them. :-) This was supposed to go to -core, right? (I see Bruce got my joke. I wasn't so sure Tom did ...) Tom

Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] My new job

2000-10-10 Thread Lamar Owen
Bruce Momjian wrote: As promised, the press release is at: http://www.greatbridge.com/news/p_101020001.html Wow. Nice. The combined qualifications of the six steering committee members are staggering. Me, I'm just a lowly broadcast engineer with ten years experience and a measly

[GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] My new job

2000-10-10 Thread Don Baccus
At 01:02 PM 10/10/00 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: Bottom line is we're not sure what to do now. Opinions from the floor, anyone? Yeah, quit worrying and work your collective butts off on 7.1 and 7.2 :) Seriously...the core group is obviously committed to PG, and appear to be folks of integrity.