Re: Re: [HACKERS] My new job

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Adam Lang <aalang(at)rutgersinsurance(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Re: [HACKERS] My new job
Date: 2000-10-10 21:39:48
Message-ID: 200010102139.RAA09624@candle.pha.pa.us
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> I am not sure that the *real* potential for bad choices is all that
> high. I think all the core members understand very well that we are
> stewards of a shared resource, and in the long run decisions counter
> to the community-wide best interest will also not be in the best
> interest of our companies. But it's also important that the rest of
> the PG community *perceive* that core decisions are well-founded.

I have already had to reject a Great Bridge request, saying, "This is
the first of many disappointments I will deliver." When I explained
that I was better as someone objective than as a "yes" man, they got the
point.

Fortunately, since I wrote the article, I think things are clearer now.
They understand the trade-off of open-source control.

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