What makes a Postgres contributor?
In many Open Source communities it is difficult to consider who a contributor is. Some projects take an exclusive view, requiring a direct contribution to be made to be considered a contributor.…
Category: Open Source
Thoughts on Forks and Open Source Licenses
I had the opportunity to speak with Karthik Ranganathan of YugabyteDB a couple of weeks ago; he was the inaugural guest for our new podcast, “More than a Refresh: A podcast about…
In person events: a thing of the past?
Like most conference organizers we are learning to adapt to the new world; a world where physical events are no longer viable (at least in 2020). A world where people are genuinely…
The Fall of Open Source
Once upon a time FOSS was about Freedom. It was about exposing equality within source code. It allowed everyone equal rights and equal access to the technology they were using. An idea…
What is good for the community is good for the company (profit is the reward)
As the PostgreSQL community continues down its path of world domination I can’t help but wonder whether the various PostgreSQL companies are going to survive the changes. Once upon a time there…