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1) Oleg Bartunov Hello, just read "Getting Paid to Develop"...
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Hello,

just read "Getting Paid to Develop"
http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/getting_paid_to_develop
that Sun will pay open-source developers.
"This year's participants include OpenSolaris, GlassFish, OpenJDK,
OpenSPARC, NetBeans, and OpenOffice.org."

Where is PostgreSQL ?

  Regards,
   Oleg
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2) Josh Berkus Or GNOME, or X.org? I'm not sure exactly how the list of applications was chosen. Possibly it was...
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Oleg Bartunov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> just read "Getting Paid to Develop"
> http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/getting_paid_to_develop
> that Sun will pay open-source developers.
> "This year's participants include OpenSolaris, GlassFish, OpenJDK,
> OpenSPARC, NetBeans, and OpenOffice.org."
>
> Where is PostgreSQL ?

Or GNOME, or X.org?  I'm not sure exactly how the list of applications 
was chosen.  Possibly it was primarily projects which didn't get into 
Google SoC.  Or ones which have active Indian communities.

--Josh Berkus
3) Josh Berkus Update on this. Apparently there were legal reasons why the set of projects for the first year had...
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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Oleg Bartunov wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> just read "Getting Paid to Develop"
>> http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/getting_paid_to_develop
>> that Sun will pay open-source developers.
>> "This year's participants include OpenSolaris, GlassFish, OpenJDK,
>> OpenSPARC, NetBeans, and OpenOffice.org."
>>
>> Where is PostgreSQL ?
>
> Or GNOME, or X.org? I'm not sure exactly how the list of applications
> was chosen. Possibly it was primarily projects which didn't get into
> Google SoC. Or ones which have active Indian communities.

Update on this.  Apparently there were legal reasons why the set of 
projects for the first year had to be projects which are run by Sun.  If 
the program goes well, maybe we'll be involved next year.

--Josh
4) alvherre Does this mean that Sun will run PostgreSQL next year? Seems scary.
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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
>> Oleg Bartunov wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> just read "Getting Paid to Develop"
>>> http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/getting_paid_to_develop
>>> that Sun will pay open-source developers.
>>> "This year's participants include OpenSolaris, GlassFish, OpenJDK,
>>> OpenSPARC, NetBeans, and OpenOffice.org."
>>>
>>> Where is PostgreSQL ?
>>
>> Or GNOME, or X.org? I'm not sure exactly how the list of applications was
>> chosen. Possibly it was primarily projects which didn't get into Google
>> SoC. Or ones which have active Indian communities.
>
> Update on this. Apparently there were legal reasons why the set of
> projects for the first year had to be projects which are run by Sun. If
> the program goes well, maybe we'll be involved next year.

Does this mean that Sun will run PostgreSQL next year?  Seems scary.

--
Alvaro Herrera http://www.flickr.com/photos/alvherre/
Essentially, you're proposing Kevlar shoes as a solution for the problem
that you want to walk around carrying a loaded gun aimed at your foot.
(Tom Lane)
5) Josh Berkus Alvaro, Heh. Not likely. No, I meant I'm hopeful that Sun can settle issues with international...
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Alvaro,

> Does this mean that Sun will run PostgreSQL next year? Seems scary.
>

Heh.  Not likely.

No, I meant I'm hopeful that Sun can settle issues with international
contest law next year so that they can fund "outside" projects as well
(PostgreSQL, GNOME, X.org, etc.).

--Josh
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