Received: from distributedsystems.com (IDENT:cce@[140.186.104.247]) by hub.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA02995 for ; Thu, 14 Oct 1999 16:26:22 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from clark.evans@manhattanproject.com) Received: from localhost (cce@localhost) by distributedsystems.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA09990; Thu, 14 Oct 1999 15:47:01 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: distributedsystems.com: cce owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 15:47:01 -0400 (EDT) From: "Clark C. Evans" X-Sender: cce@distributedsystems.com To: Bruce Momjian cc: "Clark C. Evans" , "Henry B. Hotz" , PostgreSQL-documentation Subject: Re: [DOCS] Business Plan for PostgreSQL book? In-Reply-To: <199910141934.PAA27945@candle.pha.pa.us> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote: > I guess I figured that if we were going to do a collaborative book, we > would have done that with our documentation already. Seveal Reasons: (a) we didn't have the goal to write a book for profit, (b) we didn't have a business model, (c) we didn't have a leader. Seems we have all three now: (a) Lots of people seem to have latched on to the goal, and it is apparant that there is significant demand. (b) The business model is there, it may not be perfect, but we can nail that down once we have experience. Everyone I've met in PostgreSQL is resonable; the inital agreement will be loose, as the book progresses the agreement can be tightened down as needed. (c) We have a *sweet* leader, Bruce Momjian, he has proven to be on top of things -- a man with not only great vision, but the drive to make things tick. Are you ready to delegate? Clark