Re: Sun acquires MySQL

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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:25:45 -0800
Dirk Riehle <dirk(at)riehle(dot)org> wrote:

>
> > The main company, MySQL AB was all that was left to effectively give
> > them control of MySQL.
> >
> > PostgreSQL obviously doesn't have this risk - No one company holds
> > that much power, and even the -core team is split between the
> > various supporting companies around PostgreSQL.
> >
>
> Is this up to date?
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/community/contributors/
>
> I'm asking because I was always told EnterpriseDB employs now 5 out
> of 7 core committers.

What? They do employ more contributors than that (oh and just because
they are core doesn't mean they have commit rights).

They employ Dave Page and Bruce Momjian who are core members.
They also employ Greg Stark and Heikki are very fairly visible
contributors.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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