Re: Sun and open source, where is postgresql ?

Josh Berkus wrote:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
>> Oleg Bartunov wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> just read "Getting Paid to Develop"
>>> http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/getting_paid_to_develop
>>> that Sun will pay open-source developers.
>>> "This year's participants include OpenSolaris, GlassFish, OpenJDK,
>>> OpenSPARC, NetBeans, and OpenOffice.org."
>>>
>>> Where is PostgreSQL ?
>>
>> Or GNOME, or X.org?  I'm not sure exactly how the list of applications was
>> chosen.  Possibly it was primarily projects which didn't get into Google
>> SoC.  Or ones which have active Indian communities.
>
> Update on this.  Apparently there were legal reasons why the set of
> projects for the first year had to be projects which are run by Sun.  If
> the program goes well, maybe we'll be involved next year.

Does this mean that Sun will run PostgreSQL next year?  Seems scary.

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