Re: Mailing list? was Postgress and MYSQL

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Csaba Nagy <nagy(at)ecircle-ag(dot)com>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Chris Travers <chris(at)travelamericas(dot)com>, Jonathan Bartlett <johnnyb(at)eskimo(dot)com>, Matt Davies <matt(at)mattdavies(dot)net>, Martin Marques <martin(at)bugs(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar>, Postgres general mailing list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Mailing list? was Postgress and MYSQL
Date: 2004-01-25 00:38:35
Message-ID: 200401250038.i0P0cZE03137@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Csaba Nagy <nagy(at)ecircle-ag(dot)com> writes:
> > On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 16:14, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> >> why not use pgsql-chat, which isn't being used at all right now ... ?
>
> > I have the impression that these "Postgres vs MySQL vs XXX" stuff is
> > regularly started up by newcomers to this list. So wherever you will
> > decide to move it, it will still pop up here - the new-comers will know
> > nothing about being elsewhere, except it is called something very-very
> > suggestive, like "postgres-mysql-compare".
> > Even then, it will pop up here too, and it carries the risk of heated
> > answers even from long term subscribers. Could this be really moderated
> > ?
> > If there is to be a new list, please name it very-very suggestively,
> > otherwise it has no point.
>
> I think this analysis is dead-on. Pointing to pgsql-chat won't
> accomplish anything.

I always felt advocacy was the right place for database comparisons
directed to increasing market share.

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