Josh Berkus wrote:
> All,
>
> Some of you may have noticed the launch of the Open Solutions Alliance:
> http://www.opensolutionsalliance.org/
>
> A glance at the member logos will show you that 2/3 of the members
> either support the PostgreSQL project or PostgreSQL in their products or
> both: EnterpriseDB, CentricCRM, Hyperic, OpenBravo, JasperSoft,
> SpikeSource, Unisys.
>
> As such, we have been invited to join as a free member of the OSA.
> They'll put our logo under "Friends of the OSA" and we can put the OSA
> logo on Postgresql.org if we want to.
>
> The main reason we'd want to do this is that the OSA is dedicated to
> open source business application interoperability. Some of this
> interoperability will take place on the database layer, and by
> participating in the OSA we can encourage them to make all such
> interoperability PosgreSQL-friendly or even PostgreSQL-by-default.
>
> Also, being part of industry consortia makes us look "grown up" to the
> PHBs.
Sounds fine to me.
Joshua D. Drake
>
> --Josh Berkus
>
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