| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Subject: | Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove mention of the Berkeley origins of the alias "Postgres" |
| Date: | 2008-04-09 01:14:31 |
| Message-ID: | 20080408181431.2afeb7c6@commandprompt.com |
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On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 21:03:49 -0400 (EDT)
Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> Let me add that politically-charged discussion is something we have
> avoided for many years, and if it continues to appear it will hurt us
> greatly. Our community will be fragmented and dedication to the
> project will lag.
>
> I have seen it twice today. That is not a good sign.
I don't know that there is anyway to have an open source project
without politically charged debates but this is offtopic for this list.
Joshua D. Drake
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