Tomi NA wrote:
> On 9/19/06, Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@sigpipe.cz> wrote:
>> # naz@mira.net / 2006-09-19 21:26:16 +1000:
>> > if you want to be taken seriously by anyone who uses Windows (hands up
>> > anyone who knows a Windows user)
>>
>> 1. what do those two things have in common?
>> 2. what makes you think that "anyone who uses Windows" runs
>> PostgreSQL on it?
>> 3. my guess is you're a Windows programmer, and thus in much better
>> position to fix the issue than Tom RedHat Lane.
>
> His point makes sense, Roman. While pg is not a company or a company
> product, it certainly needs to play nice with business in order for it
> to *have* (a significent number of) users. As much as I dislike it
> (probably the euphemism of the year), Windows is a fact on most
> development machines and on a substantial number of servers. In the
> case of Vista, even if none of the core commiters plan to support it,
> it makes a lot more sense to store the RFE and say it'll have to wait,
> than to say "you got a problem? go fix it". Both attitudes reflect the
> same reality, but the fact that one is positive and one negative is
> obvious.
The response is not because it's Windows. The response 'to provide a
patch' is made to anyone who would like to see a particular
functionality in the application that the core group is not working on
or is not on their radar.
This is being made into a 'Windows vs..' thing and that's just not the
case. I've seen folks suggest someone provide a patch for non-windows
environments more so then windows environments.
Although Tom's response may have seemed to be negative towards windows,
the original posting had a bit of an attitude to start with.
'if you want to be taken seriously by anyone who uses Windows (hands up
anyone who knows a Windows user)'
--
Until later, Geoffrey
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
- Benjamin Franklin
