“There are four things that motivate open source
development teams:
1. The challenge/puzzle of programming, 2. Need for the software,
3. Personal advancement, 4. Belief in open source” — Bruce
Momjian.
On PostgreSQL and the challenges of motivating and managing open source teams, I have interviewed Bruce Momjian, Senior Database Architect at EnterpriseDB, and Co-founder of the PostgreSQL Global Development Group and Core Contributor.
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Q1. How did you manage to transform PostgreSQL from an abandoned academic project into a commercially viable, now enterprise relational database?
Bruce Momjian: Ever since I was a developer of database …
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