> Where do you think that an open source project like PostgreSQL gets a budget to hire anyone? From rough memory of an informal discussion with one of the memb

> Where do you think that an open source project like PostgreSQL gets a budget to hire anyone? From rough memory of an informal discussion with one of the members involved in the PG sponsorship area a while back, they had something like several hundred thousand US$ sitting around mostly unused. The real problem is proposing something like this, and getting it okay-d. Seems like a tough (political) challenge.