Re: PostgreSQL Website : advocacy.postgresql.org

Gerhard Häring wrote:
>
> * Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org> [2002-10-02 10:34 +1000]:
> > Over the last few weeks we've put together a new "Advocacy and
> > Marketing" website for PostgreSQL:
> >
> > http://advocacy.postgresql.org
>
> Cool :-)

:-)

> A few remarks:

Thanks Gerhard. :)

> * [http://advocacy.postgresql.org/advantages/]
> """
> ...
> A point list for some technical features that PostgreSQL offers:
> ...
> * Replication (available commercially) allowing the duplication of
> the database on multiple machines
> """
>
> IIRC there is now a replication solution in contrib/ I've never used
> it though. So you can perhaps cut the "available commercially" There
> might be other commercial offerings I know nothing about.

Good point. Althought the /contrib/rserv version doesn't work for
PostgreSQL 7.2.x (have tried), there is still Usogres and stuff. Will
update that. :)

> * "PostgreSQL : The worlds most advanced Open Source database"
> This probably isn't entirely true any more, considering the
> availability of SAP DB. I personally still stick with PostgreSQL,
> however, as I like it and it seems to have much momentum.

Hmmm... suggested new tag line? :)

> * Allows you to win Bullshit-Bingo in 10 seconds. But that's by design
> ;-)

Heh Heh Heh

> * I don't like serif-fonts like "Times New Roman" on web pages. What
> about using a font declaration like (from my homepage):

There aren't any typeface changing elements in the page (unless
something got past me). And we don't use CSS anywhere. Seems to be
really cross-browser this way. :)

> body { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
> background-color: #FFFFEE}
>
> throughout the site?

Um... not yet. Haven't learnt CSS yet, don't have the spare time too,
and for the moment "this works". Hope that doesn't sound like a bad
attitude, it's just there's so much stuff going on at the moment.

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

> -- Gerhard

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