Re: Moving toward a more professional booth presence

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Moving toward a more professional booth presence
Date: 2007-06-01 20:01:09
Message-ID: 46607B05.9020406@commandprompt.com
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Steve Atkins wrote:
>
> On Jun 1, 2007, at 11:27 AM, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> mpany must be a
>> PostgreSQL project contributor. That is, they must have/be donating
>> code,
>> money or resources to the project, our NGOs and/or our conferences.
>>
>> I think we have enough companies actually supporting the project that we
>> don't need to help promote those which don't.
>
> Are there any consulting companies who would be excluded by that (I'm
> guessing not, but don't know).

Yes, a ton. They are listed freely on the postgresql website, but I
still agree with the assessment that if you want our marketing energies
you need to be a partner. In the FOSS world, that means you are a
contributor.

>
> Availability of commercial support is a really valuable thing to show
> to potential serious users.

Yep.

Joshua D. Drake

>
> Cheers,
> Steve
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