Re: Feedback about registration of pgAdmin of Freeware/Shareware sites

Nice work Jean-Michel :-)

Regards, Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jean-Michel POURE [mailto:jm(at)poure(dot)com]
> Sent: 26 March 2004 14:47
> To: pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [pgadmin-hackers] Feedback about registration of
> pgAdmin of Freeware/Shareware sites
>
> Dear friends,
>
> Some feedback about the registration of pgAdmin III on
> freeware/shareware sites:
>
> 1) Visibility
>
> pgAdmin was registered manualy on 60 sites.
>
> Thanks to the PAD file
> (http://www.pgadmin.org/pgadmin3/cnt/pgadmin3.xml),
> pgAdmin is slowly being published on shareware sites automatically.
>
> Examples:
> http://www.fileheaven.com/pgAdmin-III-for-PostgreSQL/download/
> 12418.htm
> http://downloads.verzamelgids.nl/
> etc...
>
> As a result, if you connect to Google and enter 'pgadmin',
> you can notice 49 pages of answers.
>
> 2) Impact
>
> The impact of shareware sites is not clear. Very few of them
> publish downloading statistics. Only the most interesting
> sites publish information.
>
> Example:
> http://telecharger.01net.com/windows/Programmation/base_de_don
> ne/fiches/28430.html
> 50 downloads / week
>
> 3) Strategy
>
> These figures are relatively low compared to the impact of
> the inclusion of pgAdmin III in Debian or in the main
> GNU/Linux distributions. We should be looking very hard in
> these directions... (they have millions of users).
>
> Still, if you visit a freeware / shareware site with good
> downloading statistics, do not hesitate to register pgAdmin III.
>
> Cheers,
> Jean-Michel
>
>
>
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