X-Original-To: pgsql-advocacy-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFC8BD1C513 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 20:07:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 09889-10 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:07:03 -0400 (AST) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (u46n208.hfx.eastlink.ca [24.222.46.208]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C10B1D1BB89 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:07:03 -0400 (AST) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7F2DE3C89A; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:02:50 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 701D03C7FD; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:02:50 -0400 (AST) Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:02:50 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" X-X-Sender: scrappy@ganymede.hub.org To: "Joshua D. Drake" Cc: Alexey Borzov , David Costa , pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org Subject: Re: PHP/Postgresql Advocacy In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20040214155500.N96890@ganymede.hub.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200402/135 X-Sequence-Number: 3706 On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Frankly, working WITH the community isn't easy. There is a huge if "it > ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality. Which is fine, except that there > is a LOT broke and people don't pay attention to it and when people > bring it up they get slammed. The problem is that everyone on the list acknowledges that it *is* broken, and that it does *need* to be fixed ... hell, everyone on the list even welcomes Alexey's input and work towards fixing it ... what nobody is welcoming is his "do it my way or no way" attitude ... > You may also want to take into account that Alexy is obviously not a > native English speaker. His dialect is probably coming across harsher than > is meant. Odd, words from his own mouth state that he's doing it because he feels that a temper tantrum will get more done, faster ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664