Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 19:56:13 -0700
From: David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org>, Mike Ellsworth <younicycle@gmail.com>,
	pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: EnterpriseDB Postgres
Message-ID: <20070809025613.GB6122@fetter.org>
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On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 08:37:30PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 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.

The subject wasn't patches, so I'm calling straw man on this.  Face
it, Momjian, you don't hold the sway you used to, nor will you ever
again.  Back off.

Cheers,
David.
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David Fetter <david@fetter.org> http://fetter.org/
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