On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> elein wrote:
>> PgSQL,INC
>> In 2000, Postgres, Inc. was formed with Marc Fournier as
>> President/Director as a corporate front to PostgreSQL and to
>> offer the corporate world commercial support for the product.
>> The relationship between PostgreSQL and PgSQL, Inc has always
>> been symbiotic. Core developers were and are part of PgSQL, Inc.
>
> I don't think PgSQL, Inc can be called a "corporate front to
> PostgreSQL". It is a PostgreSQL support company, and provides free
> hosting services to the project. I also wouldn't use the word
> "symbiotic". We could say Great Bridge was also "symbiotic" but it
> conotates an equality between the two entities that isn't accurate.
When it was formed in 2000, that was its intent, since there was none ...
'corporate front' != 'controlling organization' ...
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