Re: Just PR (was: Stability, PR)

Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info> writes:
> > It struck me earlier today that maybe what free RDBMS need is
> > something like USENIX and SAGE. That way, there'd be a consistent
> > voice focussing just on the RDBMS world, pointing out the advantages
> > of systems like PostgreSQL. It also struck me that there might
> > already be such a thing. Is there?

Agreed. We need another big marketing push.

> I had thought that OSDN's "Open Source Database Summit" conferences
> might evolve into something like that --- but I fear they got
> discouraged by last year's low turnout. (Never mind that a lot of
> people were afraid to travel last September...) I don't see any
> indication on their website that they're planning another one.
> Too bad.

Yes, I noticed that too. We usually would have heard about it by now.

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