Re: RHEL

Can I get a support contract directly from the developers instead of going
through redhat?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Richard Huxton" <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
Cc: "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>; "Craig O'Shannessy"
<craig(at)ucw(dot)com(dot)au>; "Lamar Owen" <lowen(at)pari(dot)edu>;
<pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] RHEL

> Richard Huxton wrote:
> > On Thursday 13 November 2003 11:16, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 09:34:27AM +0000, Richard Huxton wrote:
> > > > On Thursday 13 November 2003 04:52, Craig O'Shannessy wrote:
> > > > > So, what ever happened to the "RedHat database"? I though RH was
going
> > > > > to be hiring core PostgreSQL developers? Anyone got a URL to
explain
> > > > > what happened to this venture? Sorry if I'm getting a little OT
here.
> > > >
> > > > It exists, and they did hire. You get PG, some graphical utilities
(java,
> > > > open-sourced) and some support for your money.
> > >
> > > That means I could get Tom Lane to answer some question about Pg?
Wow,
> > > that's impressive.
> >
> > We are somewhat spoilt in the PG community as regards prompt attention
from
> > the core developers (and Tom in particular).
> >
> > On the other hand, if I was paying for support, I can't think of anyone
else
> > I'd rather get a response from.
>
> Commercial support is good when you have a tough problem that requires
> lots of digging, and the support guys will do the digging for you.
>
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