Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 15, 2011 9:04:30 am Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > The larger question is whether these forums should be used to help
> > people get support for commercial products that embed Postgres.
> >
>
> The eternal Open Source dilemma. Once it is released into the wild are we
> responsible for it? In a perfect world the folks that incorporate Postgres into
> their products would be entirely accountable for its care and feeding. Part of
> me says hold to that standard. Another part says how do you know where a
> question is really coming from? I for one am not going to interrogate everyone
> on their reasons for asking a question. The other issue is perception. Right or
> wrong, not answering questions ends up reflecting negatively on the community.
I think we should make sure they have checked the vendor help system
first or point them to that.
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