Re: Please no "sale" News items

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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Dave,
>
>> The only rule along those lines that I recall was 'one beta announcement
>> only' for each major version of a commercial product.
>
> I'll have to dig thought the archives to quote.
>
> I know my proposal was "For commerical companies, brand new or major versions
> increases of products/services only." A *sale* is not a product or service,
> and has zero relevance to PostgreSQL.
>
> Or, do put it another way, this vendor is using the PostgreSQL site for free
> online advertising for their online store. I thought we eliminated the
> banner ads because we didn't want our site cheapened with irrelevant
> commercial traffic? If we're going to reverse that and take advertisements,
> then let's at least collect some money for them!
>
>> I'm on the fence about this particular issue, but I guess I would side
>> with you if we started getting lots of these from different companies
>> (or lots from AM Software).
>
> AM software has been sending them every 6 weeks so far.

I would note that AM software has always been very responsive to the
community and that they are only doing this because we haven't said
anything and we continue to approve the posts.

Lastly, I agree that we shouldn't be having "Early Morning" sales posts.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

>

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