Re: Major donors - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Jim C. Nasby
Subject Re: Major donors
Date
Msg-id 20060323171440.GC90527@pervasive.com
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In response to Re: Major donors  (Chris Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>)
Responses Re: Major donors  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 03:07:23PM -0500, Chris Browne wrote:
> jnasby@pervasive.com ("Jim C. Nasby") writes:
> > It also might not make sense from a financial perspective. $1k is
> > quite a lot for most individuals, but it's a tiny sum for all but
> > the smallest companies.
>
> I suspect it's a more significant thing, in fact, if a project
> attracts contributions from 50 individuals that add to $1000 (that's a
> mere $20 apiece) than if it attracts $10K from a corporate donor.

I don't know about that; people tend to get a 'warm-fuzzy' when they
find out that major corporations are using/promoting/contributing to
PostgreSQL.
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