FW: Intro and Looking for help with a contribution

I apologize if this post is redundant for many readers, however, I've had
requests to repost it to this www list. The primary focus is to
engage in the process of utilizing the web infrastructure that Pervasive
is contributing. Who will drive the determination of use, content and
administration for that system? Thanks in advance. JeffS

> Hello [PostgreSQL] World:
>
> As a quick introduction, I'm Pervasive's VP of Corporate Development.
> I've been driving the Pervasive Software effort around supporting
> PostgreSQL for over a year's time, have been an avid (lurking)
> reader of the threads on a number of the PostgreSQL mail lists, meeting
> with many of the current core team members and a few early core
> contributors who are no longer regularly involved, along with numerous
> other strong contributors all over the world and am truly impressed with
> everyone I meet that participates in this project. Pervasive is excited to join
> this incredible group. The PostgreSQL community is a winning team.
>
> Thanks to the truly open community attitude and keen focus on the
> database project, I believe that PostgreSQL is really accelerating to its
> deserved position in the database world.
>
> Pervasive is really psyched to be a part of this community and help drive
> PostgreSQL to become much more widely adopted in business and
> commercial applications. We've brought over a dozen dedicated developers
> to work on PostgreSQL projects, who you'll see more from over time, and
> we're ready to contribute to the community in many ways.
>
> So on the contribution front, we have heard a few requests for hardware and
> hosting and Pervasive has web infrastructure available for the community.
> For starters we have a dual xeon server with 120 GB of storage located in
> our Frankfurt, Germany datacenter with 100 Mb/S connectivity that will be
> fully available for community use and administration in about a week, and
> I hope to make more systems available soon. I've seen an earlier thread on
> pgsql-www that this may be a good spot for pgFoundry or perhaps gborg,
> but it's entirely up to all of you to determine how best to use the systems.
> I have a number of other donation ideas, but those are best saved for the
> PostgreSQL Foundation, once it's fully in place.
>
> The right mail list for the system use discussion is likely pgsql-www
> however, I just wanted to start here and say thank you to all who have
> helped Pervasive begin to participate in PostgreSQL.
>
> In addition to developers and contributions, we> '> re driving press activities to
> add to the already strong PostgreSQL advocacy, but I need to hear from
> everyone around the world on how Pervasive can partner with you to make
> PostgreSQL even more successful. Please send me a note, I'd like to
> know how we can best work together.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff Seiden
> Pervasive Software Inc
> Austin, Texas