Re: Main page: about us

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I wrote:
>> The main page (www.postgresql.org/) no longer states anywhere
>> except in the top banner graphic what exactly PostgreSQL *is*.
>> ...

Joshua D .Drake replied:
> I don't agree. Most people know what PostgreSQL is. People will
> also not likely "fall" upon us.

I stand by my assertion: the main page should absolutely say
what Postgres is. Take a look at what other .org projects have
as the first text on their pages:

http://www.python.org/
"Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language..."

http://www.gimp.org/
"GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program."

http://www.freebsd.org/
"FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for..."

http://www.linux.org/
"Linux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created..."

http://www.perl.org/
"Perl is a stable, cross platform programming language..."

http://www.php.org/
"PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language..."

I see no evidence that they are all wrong, and you are right. :)

> We need to be advocating in the loudest reasonable voice (which is that
> part of the main page) everything that is going on.

Amen to that. We could certainly be using our screen real estate more
effectively as well: see www.python.org for a good example. There's
more I could say about the page, but I want to keep this thread focused
on getting some "who we are" text back on the main page, as soon as possible.

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