From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Message-Id: <200708090037.l790bUi18594@momjian.us>
Subject: Re: EnterpriseDB Postgres
In-Reply-To: <20070808185920.GA7134@fetter.org>
To: David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 20:37:30 -0400 (EDT)
CC: Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org>, Mike Ellsworth <younicycle@gmail.com>,
	pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
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David Fetter wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 07:32:15PM +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> > Mike Ellsworth wrote:
> > > I was under the impression that www scrutinizes all Press Releases
> > > prior to posting to the site.  Not true?
> > 
> > We do. We check them for frequency of posting from a single company
> > (so noone floods the news pages), relevancy and appropriateness. We
> > don't check they are factually accurate, or try to second guess the
> > intent of the companies posting them.
> > 
> > And yes, I did approve that one - despite my employer it meets all
> > our agreed acceptance criteria.
> 
> Dave, 
> 
> I know you mean well, but in this case, you created, at best, the
> appearance of a conflict of interest.  Next time, please ask somebody
> not employed at EnterpriseDB to review such pieces.

We don't have the manpower to insulate ourselves like this.  I apply
EnterpriseDB patches, and have no intention of stopping.

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  Bruce Momjian  <bruce@momjian.us>          http://momjian.us
  EnterpriseDB                               http://www.enterprisedb.com

  + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +