| From: | mlw <pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: New Portal in Place, DNS switched ... |
| Date: | 2003-01-07 21:25:20 |
| Message-ID: | 3E1B45C0.6090802@mohawksoft.com |
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Tom Lane wrote:
>"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> writes:
>
>
>>Please understand something here ... a large portion of the banner ads are
>>*not* paid ... they are recognition of the many mirror sites that are
>>supporting the project by reducing the amount of bandwidth that is
>>required on the central server ...
>>
>>
>
>While the mirror sites deserve some recognition, I'm not convinced that
>that should translate to banner ads on the main portal.
>
>Could we set things up so that when you actually go to a mirror site,
>you see some discreet notice about "this mirror sponsored by so-and-so"?
>
>And I'm definitely not happy with reading
>
> Help Support This Site
> Post your Ad Here
> Pay Only for Visitors
> As Low As
> $0.10cdn per click-thru
> Hub.Org
>
>on the main site. That's several shades too mercenary for my taste.
>
>
I think banner ads that build on PostgreSQL's message is a good thing. A
RedHat ad, maybe IBM, etc. Companies with a related purpose to the
PostgreSQL mission will offset some of the cost and help build the
cedibility of the site.
Hotel ads and sweepstakes are a bad idea, though.
>
>
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