Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Global Development Group

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Date: 2002-12-09 15:31:41
Message-ID: 7858.1039447901@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com> writes:
> 1) They're marketing to those that are already sold on it.

I think the upshot of the prior discussion was that the outside press
release shouldn't have been used as the release announcement for the
existing mailing lists. Fine, they made a one-time mistake.

> 2) They are, or at least were, insisting that I join their list to
> stay informed on what they're doing.

It seems to me that people have made it perfectly clear that they don't
want to hear about marketing on the -hackers or -general lists. Taking
it to a marketing-specific list seems like exactly the right response.
Where do you think it should be discussed?

regards, tom lane

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