Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] custom types and optimization

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: brett(at)work(dot)chicken(dot)org, PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] custom types and optimization
Date: 1998-06-01 14:06:57
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.3.96.980601095613.448U-100000@hub.org
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On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > postgresql=> select count(name) from register;
> > count
> > -----
> > 1361
> > (1 row)
> >
> > Not bad...but I don't imagine that's a tenth of all the users, is
> > it?
>
> Wow, that is a big number, and the 10% is probably correct. I don't
> think I am even in there.

I know I'm not ;(

> How can we reverse the "bad publicity" and get people to start looking
> at us again?

Testimonials? Not fanatical statements...something intelligent
like what Herouth Maoz wrote? Maybe with a pointer to the project that
he/she used PostgreSQL for? Start up a 'User Comments and Projects'
page...?

How many ppl are actually using the 'Powered by' logo on their
sites? Actually, just looking at that, and am I the only one that finds
it unreadable? I can barely even see that its a 'cat'...

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