Re: postgresql rising

On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 11:14:06AM +0200, Andrew Kelly wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 10:10 -0500, Tony Caduto wrote:
> > Merlin Moncure wrote:
> > > I have seen a steady progressive rise in the number of postgresql
> > > related jobs and the quality of those jobs. Major companies are
> > > apparently rolling out critical infrastructure on postgresql...Vonage
> > > is one example:
> > >
> > That is good news, I wish there where some of those Postgresql jobs in
> > the Milwaukee area :-)
> > Don't want to move to NJ :-(
> >
> > It does seem to be a grass roots kind of thing as the major corp
> > managers have no clue what Postgresql is.
> > For a high level corp manager all they ever hear about is MS SQL Server,
> > Oracle and DB2, and the more it costs the more they think it is what
> > they need :-)
>
> Hmmm...
> I'm broke.
>
> I'd be happy to wrap a sexy, colorful, pointy-clicky installer around
> postgreSQL and then market the whole package to the corporate world with
> 5 and 6 figure annual site deployment fees. I'll even funnel half back
> into core devel.
> It wouldn't even be the exploitation of profound stupidity, it would be
> catering to the needs and desires of the corporate customer.

So why don't you?
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