Re: Call from Info World

Josh Berkus wrote:
> Guys,
>
> > > Hmm... I don't see amanda, openacs, or ltsp all that visible to the
> > > greater tech (ie. commercially driven) community, and Perl and Python
> > > aren't really the same; there not a piece of software like postgresql.
>
> So?  They are open source projects.    Linux isn't a piece of software like us
> either.
>
> > Yea, I said Apache didn't fit the list, but I was thinking of Sendmail
> > at the time, which is controlled by Sendmail, Inc.  (Talk about
> > confusing with PostgreSQL, Inc.  Yuck.)
> >
> > Anyway, Apache might be closest.
>
> No, Apache is very dominated by IBM, at least they were a year ago ... I've
> heard lots of bitching about it from their mailing lists and nasty politics.
>
> Other projects that I'mm pretty sure aren't corporate-run:  Samba, Abiword,
> Gnucash, Webmin, OpenGroupware, Hordemail.
>
> I believe that KDE is rather dominated by SuSE these days, but I could be
> wrong.

Here is what I have come up with for a future talk.   Is it accurate?

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Uniqueness of PostgreSQL as an Open Source Project

Not like:

    * Not Linux - no single gatekeeper, project is usable without enhancement
    * Not Mozilla - no company history like AOL/Netscape
    * Not Open Office -  no controlling company like Sun
    * Not Gnome - no controlling companies
    * Not PHP - no Zend steering development
    * Not Sendmail - no control by Sendmail, Inc.
    * Not MySQL - no MySQL AB that does all server development

More like:

    * FreeBSD - community project
    * Samba - active developer community


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