PostrgeSQL creator on the art of open source
Bruce Momjian may not be the most famous free software figure, but as a founder and lead architect of the PostgreSQL relational database management system, he is an ardent believer in the correctness and beauty of open source development.
In Australia to speak at Sydney's PostgreSQL user group, Momjian spoke about the early days of the database's development and its transition from academia to the Internet.
"In 1996 the database had left Berkeley and we started an Internet development team," Momjian said. "I realized the code needed some organization behind it as it didn't have the focus and management behind it. There wasn't a unified effort so everyone could work efficiently."
When Momjian started on the project there was "one guy from Berkeley" maintaining the software, and it was not uncommon for bug fixes to be released as a patch but never make it into the mainstream release.
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