>>3) do add-ins count if they are completely externally hosted?
>
>
> No. Sponsoring PostgreSQL means that the results of the effort become
> part of PostgreSQL (the code, the documentation, the web site, the
> advocacy effort, etc.). Merely producing software that works with
> PostgreSQL does not "sponsor" PostgreSQL.
I go back to my http://projects.postgresql.org argument.
Your argument suggests that we do not list JDBC or .Net... Without
the drivers PostgreSQL would be pretty useless.
> I would be very careful about the hosting argument. Before you know it,
> everyone who dumps some code on pgFoundry wants to be a sponsor because
> his code is internally hosted. We really need a selection process of
> recognized PostgreSQL software.
Well.... all projects on pgFoundry are approved. It is not automatic.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
Then we might even include externally
> hosted software.
>
>
>>Since scrolling space on our web page is not exactly a scarce
>>resource, I'm inclined to say "yes, yes, yes and no". It benefits
>>*us* to list as many companies as possible, because it shows how
>>widely used and supported PostgreSQL is to potential new users.
>
>
> Then we should simply list everyone and be done with it.
>
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