Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Global Development Group Announces

From: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Global Development Group Announces
Date: 2002-12-05 01:48:37
Message-ID: 042901c29c00$6e56a3a0$6500a8c0@internal
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> > It isn't, but those working on -advocacy were asked to help come up with
a
> > stronger release *announcement* then we've had in the past ...
>
> Consider that a failed experiment. PostgreSQL is driven by the
> development group and, to some extent, by the existing user base. The
> last thing we need is a marketing department in that mix.

Ummm...I disagree. Lack of marketing is one of Postgres's major problems.
Particularly when you compare against similar efforts from MySQL, Oracle,
etc.

Chris

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