Re: developer.com: PostgreSQL is the "Database of the year"

From: Jean-Paul Argudo <jean-paul(at)argudo(dot)org>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)CommandPrompt(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Advocacy List <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: developer.com: PostgreSQL is the "Database of the year"
Date: 2008-01-21 14:33:39
Message-ID: 4794AD43.40705@argudo.org
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Hi all,

> I think we should add a sentence fragment to our forthcoming press
> release for 8.3:
>
> "PostgreSQL, Winner of Developer.com's Product of the Year 2008, ..."

Agreed!

> or if you have stomach for more:
>
> "PostgreSQL has recently been announced as Winner of Developer.com's
> Product of the Year 2008, beating both MySQL and Oracle. This follows 5
> consecutive Editor's Choice awards from LinuxJournal."

I prefer this long version.

Other RDBMS wouldn't hesitate in communicating this way, why would we ?

> It's hot news and important news also, which I think we should include
> *especially* in light of recent MySQL announcements.

+1

We're preparing an article to be published at PostgreSQLFr.org, about
this new award.

Thanks.

--
Jean-Paul Argudo
www.PostgreSQLFr.org
www.dalibo.com

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