Re: PostgreSQL History Document

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>
>> 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' ...
>
> Perhaps the issue is the wording:
>
> The relationship between PostgreSQL and PgSQL, Inc has always been symbiotic.
>
> Which I would think is no longer accurate.

agreed ... the fun with 'history' is avoiding "revisionist history" ...
"formed as a corporate front" is accurate ... but with the growing # of
support companies like CP, SRA, etc, that role has gone from one to many
...

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