Richard Troy wrote: > > So, POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, PLEASE!
Though I'm new to the world of ingres, I would like to offer some input from the newcomer's perspective. The nntp newsgroup is not an option. I appreciate the fact that back in the nineties it was the hot place to hangout. But it will not appeal to people used to mailinglists as used by active FOSS projects. We're in the process of actively developing contacts inside ingres corp in order to push for a change in approaching the FOSS communitiy. Ingres may be the most advanced database on the block, but nobody knows about it. The exotic build process, the lack of support for cutting edge distros, the lack of an active -dev mailinglist, the lack of free documentation all speak of legacy at best, and lack of commitment to the FOSS strategy at worst. I filed an intent-to-package bug for debian.org which means I will be busy getting ingres into debian, so expect to hear more from me. kind regards, -- ________________________________________________________________ Paul Stevens paul at nfg.nl NET FACILITIES GROUP GPG/PGP: 1024D/11F8CD31 The Netherlands________________________________http://www.nfg.nl _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ingres.com/mailman/listinfo/users
