X-Original-To: pgsql-advocacy-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 502F69DCA2F for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:14:45 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 75250-09 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:14:43 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from noel.decibel.org (noel.decibel.org [67.100.216.10]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19ED29DC85F for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:14:40 -0400 (AST) Received: by noel.decibel.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9701156435; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:14:40 -0600 (CST) Received: (hashcash-sendmail, from uid 1001); Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:14:40 -0600 Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:14:40 -0600 From: "Jim C. Nasby" To: Chris Browne Cc: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Major donors Message-ID: <20060323171440.GC90527@pervasive.com> References: <200603111054.52910.josh@agliodbs.com> <20060322154523.GH15742@pervasive.com> <60r74utf9g.fsf@dba2.int.libertyrms.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <60r74utf9g.fsf@dba2.int.libertyrms.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE-p4 amd64 X-Distributed: Join the Effort! http://www.distributed.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Hashcash: 1:20:060323:cbbrowne@acm.org::ddythHwS4Wk646C5:02B75 X-Hashcash: 1:20:060323:pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org::QB4/Ykd2kfSlhmLv:00000000 0000000000000000000000001Ysb X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.108 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.108] X-Spam-Score: 0.108 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200603/166 X-Sequence-Number: 8751 On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 03:07:23PM -0500, Chris Browne wrote: > jnasby@pervasive.com ("Jim C. Nasby") writes: > > It also might not make sense from a financial perspective. $1k is > > quite a lot for most individuals, but it's a tiny sum for all but > > the smallest companies. > > I suspect it's a more significant thing, in fact, if a project > attracts contributions from 50 individuals that add to $1000 (that's a > mere $20 apiece) than if it attracts $10K from a corporate donor. I don't know about that; people tend to get a 'warm-fuzzy' when they find out that major corporations are using/promoting/contributing to PostgreSQL. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461