I don't think an "official" GUI is necessary. Rather it would simply hurt the community of paid/free tools that have built up around it.
My favorite PostgreSQL GUI is: http://www.sqlmanager.net/products/postgresql/manager, it's excellent overall.
My favorite PostgreSQL GUI is: http://www.sqlmanager.net/products/postgresql/manager, it's excellent overall.
As far as it being windows only, I thought that was no longer an issue thanks to great tools like Parallels and VMWare Fusion. Can't you just open the app in that while still living in your OS?
I honestly don't see much of an issue.
First you essentially say "they shouldn't make their own, as this $350 tool's business might be impacted" and then when people raise legitimate concerns (e.g. that it doesn't support their platform) you suggest even more expensive ways to mitigate it (an additional $300+).
So essentially your argument is: "They shouldn't make a free GUI, there is $350 of commercial software that might lose business, that runs on all systems if you spend $350 for a VM+licence."
I'm struggling to take you even a tiny bit seriously here.
It would be nice if they made a cross platform version, I remember they used to support Linux somehow.