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#1Kevin Hunter
hunteke@earlham.edu

Hullo List,

This is aimed at everyone in this community who contributes to the
Postgres project, but especially at the core folks who continually make
this community great through energy, time, money, responses, and
what-have-you.

I see lots of "Thank you"s go by for this problem or that conundrum
solved, but I don't think I've seen a general thank you for all that all
y'all do. (If I've missed them in the blur of emails I get, I do
apologize.) Thank you for all that you do.

Thank you for the countless times you've saved my butt from my own
stupidity. Thank you for the absolute awesome help you've been while
tracking down bugs. Thank you for signing the NDA without fuss and
searching my DB for a bug that I may have caused. Thank you for
answering my frustrated emails at some ungodly hour of the morning (do
you sleep?!). Thank you for engaging others in discussion, sometimes
beyond the point of annoyance ... your enthusiasm and love for the
project is duly noted. Thank you for constantly preaching "the right
way". Thank you . . . well you get the drift. I'll stop before this
turns into some chain-letter type ordeal.

The point is that I hope you realize just how much you all mean to the
community.

Kevin

#2Kevin Kempter
kevin@kevinkempterllc.com
In reply to: Kevin Hunter (#1)
Re: thank you

On Tuesday 18 December 2007 19:26:40 Kevin Hunter wrote:

Hullo List,

This is aimed at everyone in this community who contributes to the
Postgres project, but especially at the core folks who continually make
this community great through energy, time, money, responses, and
what-have-you.

I see lots of "Thank you"s go by for this problem or that conundrum
solved, but I don't think I've seen a general thank you for all that all
y'all do. (If I've missed them in the blur of emails I get, I do
apologize.) Thank you for all that you do.

Thank you for the countless times you've saved my butt from my own
stupidity. Thank you for the absolute awesome help you've been while
tracking down bugs. Thank you for signing the NDA without fuss and
searching my DB for a bug that I may have caused. Thank you for
answering my frustrated emails at some ungodly hour of the morning (do
you sleep?!). Thank you for engaging others in discussion, sometimes
beyond the point of annoyance ... your enthusiasm and love for the
project is duly noted. Thank you for constantly preaching "the right
way". Thank you . . . well you get the drift. I'll stop before this
turns into some chain-letter type ordeal.

The point is that I hope you realize just how much you all mean to the
community.

Kevin

I'll second that. Plus thank you for a database system that's a joy to work
with.

/Kevin (Although not the same Kevin as above)

#3Joshua D. Drake
jd@commandprompt.com
In reply to: Kevin Kempter (#2)
Re: thank you

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On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:31:57 -0700
Kevin Kempter <kevin@kevinkempterllc.com> wrote:

The point is that I hope you realize just how much you all mean to
the community.

Kevin

I'll second that. Plus thank you for a database system that's a joy
to work with.

/Kevin (Although not the same Kevin as above)

/me takes note of all the Kevins that are handing out hugs...

:)

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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#4Martin Gainty
mgainty@hotmail.com
In reply to: Kevin Hunter (#1)
Re: thank you

2 questions

NDA...what NDA??

I would suggest concentrating on implementing your contact page
(in other words publish the page only when it works correctly..)

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From: "Kevin Kempter" <kevin@kevinkempterllc.com>
To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] thank you

On Tuesday 18 December 2007 19:26:40 Kevin Hunter wrote:

Hullo List,

This is aimed at everyone in this community who contributes to the
Postgres project, but especially at the core folks who continually make
this community great through energy, time, money, responses, and
what-have-you.

I see lots of "Thank you"s go by for this problem or that conundrum
solved, but I don't think I've seen a general thank you for all that all
y'all do. (If I've missed them in the blur of emails I get, I do
apologize.) Thank you for all that you do.

Thank you for the countless times you've saved my butt from my own
stupidity. Thank you for the absolute awesome help you've been while
tracking down bugs. Thank you for signing the NDA without fuss and
searching my DB for a bug that I may have caused. Thank you for
answering my frustrated emails at some ungodly hour of the morning (do
you sleep?!). Thank you for engaging others in discussion, sometimes
beyond the point of annoyance ... your enthusiasm and love for the
project is duly noted. Thank you for constantly preaching "the right
way". Thank you . . . well you get the drift. I'll stop before this
turns into some chain-letter type ordeal.

The point is that I hope you realize just how much you all mean to the
community.

Kevin

I'll second that. Plus thank you for a database system that's a joy to

work

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with.

/Kevin (Although not the same Kevin as above)

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#5Gregory Williamson
Gregory.Williamson@digitalglobe.com
In reply to: Kevin Hunter (#1)
Re: thank you

Kevin H. wrote on Tue 12/18/2007 7:26 PM

Hullo List,

This is aimed at everyone in this community who contributes to the
Postgres project, but especially at the core folks who continually make
this community great through energy, time, money, responses, and
what-have-you.

<...snipped...>

The point is that I hope you realize just how much you all mean to the
community.

+1

Greg Williamson

#6Paul Lambert
paul.lambert@reynolds.com.au
In reply to: Gregory Williamson (#5)
Re: thank you

Gregory Williamson wrote:

Kevin H. wrote on Tue 12/18/2007 7:26 PM

Hullo List,

This is aimed at everyone in this community who contributes to the
Postgres project, but especially at the core folks who continually make
this community great through energy, time, money, responses, and
what-have-you.

<...snipped...>

The point is that I hope you realize just how much you all mean to the
community.

+1

Greg Williamson

+2

I'm just disappointed that I finish up work with my current employer on
Friday and where I am going I won't get to work with PG anymore and thus
won't have as much opportunity to interact with the PG community.

That is until I can convince my new employer to realise the dark side of
Microsoft SQL Server. :)

--
Paul Lambert
Database Administrator
AutoLedgers - A Reynolds & Reynolds Company

#7Ow Mun Heng
Ow.Mun.Heng@wdc.com
In reply to: Gregory Williamson (#5)
Re: thank you

On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 20:12 -0700, Gregory Williamson wrote:

Kevin H. wrote on Tue 12/18/2007 7:26 PM

This is aimed at everyone in this community who contributes to the
Postgres project, but especially at the core folks who continually

make this community great through energy, time, money, responses, and

what-have-you.

<...snipped...>

The point is that I hope you realize just how much you all mean to

the community.

+1

+1

#8Erik Jones
erik@myemma.com
In reply to: Kevin Hunter (#1)
Re: thank you

On Dec 18, 2007, at 8:26 PM, Kevin Hunter wrote:

Hullo List,

This is aimed at everyone in this community who contributes to the
Postgres project, but especially at the core folks who continually
make
this community great through energy, time, money, responses, and
what-have-you.

I see lots of "Thank you"s go by for this problem or that conundrum
solved, but I don't think I've seen a general thank you for all
that all
y'all do. (If I've missed them in the blur of emails I get, I do
apologize.) Thank you for all that you do.

Thank you for the countless times you've saved my butt from my own
stupidity. Thank you for the absolute awesome help you've been while
tracking down bugs. Thank you for signing the NDA without fuss and
searching my DB for a bug that I may have caused. Thank you for
answering my frustrated emails at some ungodly hour of the morning (do
you sleep?!). Thank you for engaging others in discussion, sometimes
beyond the point of annoyance ... your enthusiasm and love for the
project is duly noted. Thank you for constantly preaching "the right
way". Thank you . . . well you get the drift. I'll stop before this
turns into some chain-letter type ordeal.

The point is that I hope you realize just how much you all mean to the
community.

I'll second and third and ... everything he just said! Over the past
couple of years I've come to realize that PostgreSQL's greatest
strength is that it is more than software, or even open source
software -- the software is really just the gold nugget at the center
of a vibrant community of individuals help, explain things, explain
things again, explain things again :), crack jokes, get to know each
other and so much more. To the core team: thanks for continuing to
make this possible, to everyone: thanks for making it all happen!

Erik Jones

Software Developer | Emma®
erik@myemma.com
800.595.4401 or 615.292.5888
615.292.0777 (fax)

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#9Joshua D. Drake
jd@commandprompt.com
In reply to: Paul Lambert (#6)
Re: thank you

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On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:20:32 +0900
Paul Lambert <paul.lambert@reynolds.com.au> wrote:

I'm just disappointed that I finish up work with my current employer
on Friday and where I am going I won't get to work with PG anymore
and thus won't have as much opportunity to interact with the PG
community.

That is until I can convince my new employer to realise the dark side
of Microsoft SQL Server. :)

503-667-4564 extension 101... I am available anytime after 9:00am PST

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

- --
The PostgreSQL Company: Since 1997, http://www.commandprompt.com/
Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240
Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
SELECT 'Training', 'Consulting' FROM vendor WHERE name = 'CMD'

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#10brian
brian@zijn-digital.com
In reply to: Joshua D. Drake (#9)
Re: thank you

Joshua D. Drake wrote:

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On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:20:32 +0900
Paul Lambert <paul.lambert@reynolds.com.au> wrote:

That is until I can convince my new employer to realise the dark side
of Microsoft SQL Server. :)

503-667-4564 extension 101... I am available anytime after 9:00am PST

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

Now THAT is an upstanding gesture. Well done, sir!

(AND he arrives to work early!)

all the best,
brian

#11Colin Wetherbee
cww@denterprises.org
In reply to: Gregory Williamson (#5)
Re: thank you

Gregory Williamson wrote:

Kevin H. wrote on Tue 12/18/2007 7:26 PM

Hullo List,

This is aimed at everyone in this community who contributes to the
Postgres project, but especially at the core folks who continually make
this community great through energy, time, money, responses, and
what-have-you.

<...snipped...>

The point is that I hope you realize just how much you all mean to the
community.

+1

+1 from me, too. I haven't been here long, but I enjoy reading the
threads, and I've gained quite a lot of insight from the few threads in
which I've been involved. I don't even use databases professionally --
I'm a stock trader -- but, I have been interested in PostgreSQL for
personal projects for a long time. I'm glad I'm finally involved in a
community where I can learn from other peoples' experience and interact
with those people on a sort of informal but still professional level.
Thanks go out to Tom, Joshua, Merlin, and the rest of the big names on
the list.

Colin

#12Shane Ambler
pgsql@Sheeky.Biz
In reply to: Joshua D. Drake (#3)
Re: thank you

Joshua D. Drake wrote:

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On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:31:57 -0700
Kevin Kempter <kevin@kevinkempterllc.com> wrote:

The point is that I hope you realize just how much you all mean to
the community.

Kevin

I'll second that. Plus thank you for a database system that's a joy
to work with.

/Kevin (Although not the same Kevin as above)

/me takes note of all the Kevins that are handing out hugs...

:)

Yup .. I'll dish out a dose o' them too..

;-)

--

Shane Ambler
pgSQL (at) Sheeky (dot) Biz

Get Sheeky @ http://Sheeky.Biz

#13Dave Page
dpage@pgadmin.org
In reply to: Joshua D. Drake (#9)
Re: thank you

Joshua D. Drake wrote:

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:20:32 +0900
Paul Lambert <paul.lambert@reynolds.com.au> wrote:

I'm just disappointed that I finish up work with my current employer
on Friday and where I am going I won't get to work with PG anymore
and thus won't have as much opportunity to interact with the PG
community.

That is until I can convince my new employer to realise the dark side
of Microsoft SQL Server. :)

503-667-4564 extension 101... I am available anytime after 9:00am PST

Now there's a blatant plug if ever I saw one. That's one in hand for EDB!!

:-)

(and in case that one gets missed: :-) )

/D

#14Pedro Doria Meunier
pdoria@netmadeira.com
In reply to: Kevin Hunter (#1)
Re: thank you

I second that!
A BIG THANK YOU for you Postgresql folks out there and since the season
is up:
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 21:26 -0500, Kevin Hunter wrote:

Hullo List,

This is aimed at everyone in this community who contributes to the
Postgres project, but especially at the core folks who continually make
this community great through energy, time, money, responses, and
what-have-you.

I see lots of "Thank you"s go by for this problem or that conundrum
solved, but I don't think I've seen a general thank you for all that all
y'all do. (If I've missed them in the blur of emails I get, I do
apologize.) Thank you for all that you do.

Thank you for the countless times you've saved my butt from my own
stupidity. Thank you for the absolute awesome help you've been while
tracking down bugs. Thank you for signing the NDA without fuss and
searching my DB for a bug that I may have caused. Thank you for
answering my frustrated emails at some ungodly hour of the morning (do
you sleep?!). Thank you for engaging others in discussion, sometimes
beyond the point of annoyance ... your enthusiasm and love for the
project is duly noted. Thank you for constantly preaching "the right
way". Thank you . . . well you get the drift. I'll stop before this
turns into some chain-letter type ordeal.

The point is that I hope you realize just how much you all mean to the
community.

Kevin

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#15Erik Jones
erik@myemma.com
In reply to: Dave Page (#13)
Re: thank you

On Dec 19, 2007, at 2:43 AM, Dave Page wrote:

Joshua D. Drake wrote:

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:20:32 +0900
Paul Lambert <paul.lambert@reynolds.com.au> wrote:

I'm just disappointed that I finish up work with my current employer
on Friday and where I am going I won't get to work with PG anymore
and thus won't have as much opportunity to interact with the PG
community.

That is until I can convince my new employer to realise the dark
side
of Microsoft SQL Server. :)

503-667-4564 extension 101... I am available anytime after 9:00am PST

Now there's a blatant plug if ever I saw one. That's one in hand
for EDB!!

:-)

(and in case that one gets missed: :-) )

/D

Hah! :P

Erik Jones

Software Developer | Emma®
erik@myemma.com
800.595.4401 or 615.292.5888
615.292.0777 (fax)

Emma helps organizations everywhere communicate & market in style.
Visit us online at http://www.myemma.com