Re: PostgreSQL derivatives
От | Joshua D. Drake |
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Тема | Re: PostgreSQL derivatives |
Дата | |
Msg-id | 1213369190.11470.255.camel@jd-laptop обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: PostgreSQL derivatives (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>) |
Список | pgsql-advocacy |
On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 14:06 +0100, Simon Riggs wrote: > On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 08:44 -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > > I know that JoshB and I are constantly speaking with companies to get > > them to contribute (code and otherwise). > > Many others do this also, but my concern is with how we can create the > right conditions under which contribution is a positive thing for the > contributor, not just a charitable, and therefore a more optional, act. You can't because by nature Companies don't do the "right" thing. They do the "profitable" thing. There must be a positive capital return to the donation. EDB and CMD (and 2ndQuandrant) gain a considerable amount of capital return from the investments they make, because they make money off of PostgreSQL. However, ADP (which actually does give a lot back in a tertiary fashion) doesn't gain from giving directly to PostgreSQL. The traditional arguments of, if we don't have contributors we don't grow, and the project suffers doesn't apply. Why? Because they have the expertise to maintain the code themselves (just like Yahoo). They currently chose not to, but chose PostgreSQL because they "could" should they need to. I agree that it would be wonderful if we could have an environment where the companies that use PostgreSQL feel it is a responsibility to participate but I seriously doubt that will ever be the case (just looking at Open Source as a whole). Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake
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