I don't wan't to be bundled, I just want it to be known that there are
alternatives available.
I don't think it is reasonable to expect the OSS project within the OSS
installer to mention commercial alternatives IF
they are shipping an already available OSS product.
What I mean is that the OSS Win32 Installer is shipping PgAdmin why
should they mention your product? If I were
to suggest that the Win32 Installer should mention Replicator there
would be an uproar, rightfully so.
Postgresql is free, so what is the big deal about letting users know
about alternative admin tools comercial or open source? It's not like
it would put pgAdmin or Postgresql out of business(it could only help).
PostgreSQL is free and the PostgreSQL.Org project does let people know
about other tools on the website.
It's a shame you don't see how the bundling of pgAdmin(in the current
way) is hurting the 3rd party community.
You are welcome to create your own Win32 Installer. I don't see it as
hurting the 3rd party community. I see it as helping the PostgreSQL
community.
I don't see that as being detrimental to anyone and would certainly be
in fair play.
Fair play? It could be argued that the fact that you don't open source
your product means that you don't believe in fair play. I don't
personally buy
that argument but I assure you it will be made if this thread continues.
The PostgreSQL community does a very good job of giving the commercial
counter parts their due.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
