Re: Call from Info World

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Call from Info World
Date: 2003-12-01 02:58:20
Message-ID: 200312010258.hB12wKq22782@candle.pha.pa.us
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Christopher Browne wrote:
> Long and short of it all is that trying to define equivalents that can
> be summed up in one word is dangerous to the thinking process. It may
> be all that "Pointy Haired Bosses" can cope with, but the aftermath of
> the recent space shuttle disaster demonstrates that there's a true
> problem here.

If we want to efficiently communicate our value to businesses, we need
that "one word" explaination. Very few people have a longer attention
span than that --- you can say it isn't ideal, but it is true.

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