paulruizendaal wrote:

>
> --- In Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...>
> wrote:
>
>>IMO, a lot of you people are far too focused on competing in
>>featurosity contests. That's what startups do, because they must woo
>>market share in order to survive. We're not a startup. 200 new
>>customers and 10,000 new customers have precisely the same effect on
>>our bottom line.
>
>
> This quite untrue! Whether you are a Firebird user, core developer,
> driver developer, book writer, tool maker, conference organiser, mass
> distributor or engineering firm, it does make one hell of a difference
> whether there are 200 new users or 10,000 new users. Our investment,
> skills, prestige and products are valued much in the second case.

That's true, but you missed the point. You have mix apples with oranges.
Interests and needs of Firebird users and supporters are not the same as
interests and needs of Firebird Project itself.

best regards
Pavel Cisar