Re: Code of Conduct: Is it time?

What are you talking about? What business structure? Commercial offerings can and will continue to exist in terms of custom features or consulting.

Firstly, it ceases to be a community version when there is a charge. Secondly, it would damage our community by shrinking the size to effectively none while a hard fork (or more) spring up and people migrate to them. Moreover, unless you change the license people will redistribute newer versions for free.

So, while I have no say so in any of this, I believe it would be a very short sighted move. There are many other ways that money for the oss/foundation can be raised if money or supplies are needed.

Jim

On January 6, 2016 9:14:21 AM EST, "FarjadFarid(ChkNet)" <farjad(dot)farid(at)checknetworks(dot)com> wrote:
>Hi Karsten,
>
>> You may be mistaking the community version for any of the
>commercially
>supported offerings ?
>
>It is possible. Please fill in the figures.
>
>What I am suggesting is that even for community version there should be
>a
>charge.
>
>But as I mentioned it is not just prices.
>
>May be I wasn't very clear the most important factor is the business
>structure then quality of products and marketing together with pricing.
>
>
>As a further example consider how a very small company like ARM beat
>giants
>like Intel and Samsung in the mobile phone industry.
>
>It is their business model that is not profitable for Intel and Samsung
>to
>emulate.
>
>*Of course they have a great products. Equally importantly their
>business
>model makes it realistic and profitable for other
>companies to use their services. *
>
>I am only providing some food for thought. For me we can all learn from
>other people's successes and failures.
>
>I for one think everyone on the team have done a great job bringing
>postgresql to this stage.
>
>Good luck
>
>
>
>Farjad Farid
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Karsten
>Hilbert
>Sent: 06 January 2016 11:32
>To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
>Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Code of Conduct: Is it time?
>
>On Wed, Jan 06, 2016 at 11:22:17AM -0000, FarjadFarid(ChkNet) wrote:
>
>> I am not in favour of massive price structures but that there should
>> be $100-$200 costs for smallest version. Times several million
>> products. This may allow postgresql to reduce its prices on its the
>> top of the range products.
>
>You may be mistaking the community version for any of the commercially
>supported offerings ?
>
>Regards,
>Karsten
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