Jan Wieck wrote:
> On 8/12/2004 2:29 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> > Marc,
> >
> >> Seems an awful lot of focus on Afilias/Fujitsu, no? Is it a PR about us,
> >> or them? :( If we are going to highlight contributors, Redhat (all of
> >> Tom's time, which is a *major* contribution) and CommandPrompt (pl/PHP)
> >> should be in there, among others I know I'm overlooking ...
> >
> > Probably. I guess what I'm fishing for is a paragraph on expanded corporate
> > contributions to PostgreSQL, regardless of from whom they came. Afilias and
> > FJ are easier because they're tied to specific contributions, whereas RH is
> > propping up our spiritual leader. CMD, of course, would show up in a mention
> > of PL/perlNG.
>
> I would like to see CMD mentioned in connection with Mammoth Replicator
> as well. Yes, it is a closed source commercial add on, but still it is
> something that apparently attracts customers who otherwise would have
> had trouble making the decision pro-PostgreSQL. After all, this use of
> PostgreSQL is one of the best reasons for the BSD license.
I am not in favor of mentioning a commercial product in our press
release, especially when we have an open source alternative.
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