Re: [GENERAL] procedure to contribute this community

2013-04-08 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 07:45:16AM +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > It seems that good software works really well with other good > software. Pike and PostgreSQL and Linux work beautifully together; VB > .NET and PostgreSQL and Windows, not so much. I wonder if that's > because smart developers use a

Re: [GENERAL] procedure to contribute this community

2013-04-07 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Gavin Flower wrote: > On 08/04/13 09:45, Chris Angelico wrote: >> My development >> platform consists of Linux, Xfce, five workspaces... > > On my workstation, I use xfce with 25 virtual workspaces, 8 currently empty, > I've been logged in for about 20 days. > > On

Re: [GENERAL] procedure to contribute this community

2013-04-07 Thread Gavin Flower
On 08/04/13 09:45, Chris Angelico wrote: On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 4:14 AM, Gavin Flower wrote: Not to mention that it appears that Postgres runs better on Linux than on Microsoft. Linux skills are increasingly in demand, while MIcrosoft's market share is dropping (partly as a result of the Metro

Re: [GENERAL] procedure to contribute this community

2013-04-07 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 4:14 AM, Gavin Flower wrote: > Not to mention that it appears that Postgres runs better on Linux than on > Microsoft. Linux skills are increasingly in demand, while MIcrosoft's > market share is dropping (partly as a result of the Metro fiasco!). > Are you allowed to call

Re: [GENERAL] procedure to contribute this community

2013-04-07 Thread Atri Sharma
Sent from my iPad On 07-Apr-2013, at 23:44, Gavin Flower > > > Not to mention that it appears that Postgres runs better on Linux than on > Microsoft. Linux skills are increasingly in demand, while MIcrosoft's market > share is dropping (partly as a result of the Metro fiasco). True that

Re: [GENERAL] procedure to contribute this community

2013-04-07 Thread Gavin Flower
Hi Govind, While Postgres obviously does run on Microsoft O/S's, and can be complied there - if you are seriously interested in software development, you should consider Linux. Linux dominates the mobile (Android & eBooks are both based on Linux) and server segments. I also consider Linux a

Re: [GENERAL] procedure to contribute this community

2013-04-07 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 04/07/2013 07:41 AM, Govind kumar sah wrote: thank you sir. actually i have already read this. Now how can i download the source code, how can i compile it and Information on getting source: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/git.html Starting page for developer info: http://www

Re: [GENERAL] procedure to contribute this community

2013-04-07 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 04/07/2013 06:56 AM, Govind kumar sah wrote: hello sir/mam This is Govind Kumar Sah, a 3rd year student of UIET,PU Chandigarh and am pursuing B>E in CSE trade. I am new in this community and am already read about this community and i liked it because i like SQL and want to participate in GSOC

[GENERAL] procedure to contribute this community

2013-04-07 Thread Govind kumar sah
hello sir/mam This is Govind Kumar Sah, a 3rd year student of UIET,PU Chandigarh and am pursuing B>E in CSE trade. I am new in this community and am already read about this community and i liked it because i like SQL and want to participate in GSOC 2013, but how i dont know so, please guide me? -