And where does something like General Bits fit in as
a link? Does that contribution (along with advocacy stuff)
rate a corporate sponsor link? Is auxilliary information
equivalent to code contributions? What about advocacy work?
I obviously would like to see Varlena, LLC on the corporate
sponsor list, at least for the time I spend writing and
publishing.
--elein
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 09:18:22AM -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Marc, Robert,
>
> > > > Not sure if I agree with a 'time limit' on this one ... there should
> > > > be some sort of 'history' section ... if we are remembering a
> > > > contribution, it should be remembered, not 'fade out over time' ...
>
> Well, the main reason I wanted the 3-year limit is that I don't want to try to
> research what companies contributed code in 1989. I expect that we'll be
> pretty casual about taking companies "off for expiration" -- if we ever do.
>
> > > I think Marc has an interesting point. The other issue is what about
> > > companies who may not sponsor a ton of code but troll the mailing lists?
>
> No. Why would we care? Unless you have a different meaning for "troll" than
> I do?
>
> > > Or provide major services like hosting?
>
> Yes.
>
> > > Or secondary code like the .Net
> > > provider?
>
> Yes, *especially* these.
>
> --
> Josh Berkus
> Aglio Database Solutions
> San Francisco
>
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