I think it comes down to more of an issue of "conflict of interest". Worry
that core members will have more loyalty to the project in view of their
employers as opposed to the view of the project itself. That risk is
increased ten-fold when multiple members are in the same company.
It is tough what to say because there are basically two camps: make a rule
now to prevent possible issues later on, or not worry too much about it and
deal with it if an issue develops.
Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>; "PostgreSQL-general"
<pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] My new job
> * Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> [001010 09:47] 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 <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
> > To: Ross J. Reedstrom <reedstrm@wallace.ece.rice.edu>
> > Cc: PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
> > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Steering committee responce to Great Bridge LLC
> >
> > : One thing we have agreed to is that there must not be an unseemly
fraction
> > : of core members working for the same company. With six people on
core,
> > : probably about two working at the same company would be a reasonable
> > : limit.
>
> I think Great Bridge makes a shining example of an exception to
> that rule, the impression I got from the developers already there
> as well as the managment was very good.
>
> And although I loath to speak for others, you wouldn't think that
> Bruce would take this position if it somehow compromised the
> integrity of the project somehow, would you?
>
> This is Bruce's choice, but if this was somehow put up to a vote,
> how many of you would like to have him working full time on Postgresql
> alongside several other highly skilled developers and compensated
> for his work rather than trying to squeeze it into his everyday
> life like so many other opensource authors with "real jobs" on the
> side?
>
> --
> -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
> "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."
