| From: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | elein <elein(at)varlena(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, Robert Bernier <robertb(at)sraapowergres(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL History Document |
| Date: | 2004-12-04 05:17:12 |
| Message-ID: | 20041204011250.H87096@ganymede.hub.org |
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On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> elein wrote:
>> PgSQL,INC
>> In 2000, Postgres, Inc. was formed with Marc Fournier as
>> President/Director as a corporate front to PostgreSQL and to
>> offer the corporate world commercial support for the product.
>> The relationship between PostgreSQL and PgSQL, Inc has always
>> been symbiotic. Core developers were and are part of PgSQL, Inc.
>
> I don't think PgSQL, Inc can be called a "corporate front to
> PostgreSQL". It is a PostgreSQL support company, and provides free
> hosting services to the project. I also wouldn't use the word
> "symbiotic". We could say Great Bridge was also "symbiotic" but it
> conotates an equality between the two entities that isn't accurate.
When it was formed in 2000, that was its intent, since there was none ...
'corporate front' != 'controlling organization' ...
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