Greatbridge closure had little affect on PostgreSQL

Posted Jan 2, 2010 1:27 UTC (Sat) by bmomjian (guest, #44864)
In reply to: The ongoing MySQL campaign by dlang
Parent article: The ongoing MySQL campaign

Uh, when did the core developers state that the failure of Greatbridge hurt the project? I certainly have never heard that and don't feel that way. All the core folks had new jobs soon after Greatbridge closed. It was nice to have Greatbridge marketing behind our effort, but that is a marketing effect, not a software engineering effect.

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Greatbridge closure had little affect on PostgreSQL

Posted Jan 2, 2010 1:33 UTC (Sat) by dlang (guest, #313) [Link]

I have heard it a couple of different times from core developers at different conferences. Greatbridge was wonderful while it lasted, but it's failure and the need for so many of the core developers to find new jobs at once was a real problem.

according to at the different core developers I have heard talk about it, this is why the core developers all work for different companies, it's not accidental, it's a deliberate effort to spread the employment around to protect the projects from problems with any one company