Re: PostgreSQL derivatives - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: PostgreSQL derivatives
Date
Msg-id 1213324567.11470.223.camel@jd-laptop
Whole thread Raw
In response to Re: PostgreSQL derivatives  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
List pgsql-advocacy

On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 22:31 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Simon Riggs wrote:
> > > And in the end, I don't see any reason for us to *turn down* sponsorship
> >
> > I do. Non-profit organisations must be run "without fear or favour" and
> > that includes not accepting gifts of any kind, though anonymous
> > donations are always acceptable.
> >
> > If we don't do this, then people may get the impression that certain
> > companies dominate and that can easily lead to non-contribution. So
> > IMHO, being even handed is critically important to our future.
>
> I am not sure how anonymous-only contributions are supposed to work.
> EnterpriseDB employs me, but no one is supposed to know that?
> EnterpriseDB sponsors a dinner at PGCon but the sponsor is a secret?

You just have the table cloth black and all the cups red. The point will
get across :P

Joshua D. Drake


pgsql-advocacy by date:

Previous
From: "Joshua D. Drake"
Date:
Subject: Re: [Cert] Online or paperwork - results
Next
From: Bruce Momjian
Date:
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL passes MySQL for Freshmeat Downloads