2010/9/25 Uwe Schroeder <uwe@xxxxxxxxx>: > > >> On 25/09/2010 4:55 AM, Leif Biberg Kristensen wrote: >> > On Friday 24. September 2010 20.04.26 Lincoln Yeoh wrote: >> >> Then again, does Tom ever sleep? Maybe he sleeps in the afternoon? Or >> >> is that when he does intensive coding? >> > >> > Once there was a suggestion on this list to give Tom every other week off >> > to level the competition with the other RDBMSes. >> > >> > That being said, the PostgreSQL mail lists is an excellent and totally >> > free support channel. Speaking for myself, I've never needed any support >> > outside the mail lists. And Tom is of course a great big part of that. >> >> I couldn't agree more. I really appreciate the time and effort people >> here have spent helping out. Again, Tom Lane particularly so, for >> amazing patience, psychic debugging skills, and endless willingness to >> help anybody and everybody. > > Don't omit other major contributors like Joshua or Scott... (and others I > didn't mention by name). > Certainly Tom doesn't seem to need sleep, but there's quite a few more people > willing and able to contribute and answer questions. Helped me out on more > than one occasion and I've been using postgresql long before it was named > postgresql (even back in the days when the linux kernel had a 0.9 version > number). Sure many of the current contributers weren't around back then, but > they picked up where others left off and made postgresql what it is today: a > quite viable alternative to commercial "pay lots of dollars" databases. Suffice > it to say, I have yet to see a showstopper (provided that you run postgresql > on decent hardware). > > Since they just opened a beer tasting room around the corner of my home, > here's to all the active contributors - cheers. (and if any of the core > developers/contributors ever come to Santa Rosa, CA - drop me a note and I'll > have you over for a beer or wine and a nice BBQ) > nice to know it :) Regards Pavel Stehule > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
