Re: [HACKERS] off topic

On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Robert Davis wrote:

> I know this is off topic but...
> 
> How do the programmers here get paid?
> 
> 1. You do this in your spare time and dont get paid.
> 2. Your day job encourages you to spend some of your time developing the db that your company uses.
> 3. There is an organization that accepts money and distributes it to the hackers.

this one does exist (http://www.pgsql.com) ... part of all the revenues
that are made by "PostgreSQL, Inc" is allocated to be fed back into the
project... the kitty isn't very big ye, but it is there, and its
growing...

Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
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