Re: [HACKERS] book status

On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Tom Lane wrote:

> Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Yes, I am being payed for the book, at some future date. I realize
> > other developers are using PostgreSQL in their work or in consulting,
> > but this is a much more public involvement. All I can say is that I
> > have always been ready to throw money into the PostgreSQL project, and
> > will continue to do so when possible.
>
> Since you'll be doing the bulk of the work that is specific to the book,
> I can't see any reason to object to you being the one getting paid for
> it. Many (most?) of us are using Postgres for work purposes, or
> otherwise deriving some kind of personal/corporate/proprietary benefit
> from it. A book project based on Postgres seems no different to me
> from the money my company hopes to make from running a Postgres-based
> application. Indeed, this book project is considerably more likely
> to return tangible benefit to the Postgres group (in the form of new
> users/contributors attracted to the project) than most other ways
> people might be using Postgres to make money.
>
> In short, you needn't offer the slightest apology for collecting the
> book royalties personally. From what I've heard of the book-writing
> biz, you're unlikely to get rich off it anyway :-(
>
> Since I didn't see any howls of outrage on the mailing list, I imagine
> everyone else thinks the same anyway, but if you need some reassurance
> these are my two cents.

Well put Tom. Couldn't have said it better.

Vince.
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