Re: pgsql in Portugal

hi robert
i'll meet the guys involved on that project soon (October, 7th).
If, as I believe, it is still up and running, I will let you know,
including their contacts.

alf

On Quinta, Set 25, 2003, at 13:58 Europe/Lisbon, Robert Bernier wrote:

> I'm the new guy on the block for doing case studies. Right now I have
> a list half a dozen companies to do case studies on. I would suggest
> that Luis give me business links to his company and some contact names
> then we can start scheduling things from there.
>
> Robert Bernier
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> Robert Treat wrote:
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> On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 22:07, Bruce Momjian wrote:
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> Luis Forte wrote:
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>
> hi Bruce
>
> My name is Luis Forte, live in Lisbon, Portugal, and work at PTelecom,
> a telecom operator in this country (the largest operator, but that's
> just a minor fact).
> I'm the technical manager at one of our call-centers. We operate with
> Oracle, though at least one of the components of the Telecom Inteligent
> Network (IN) use Postgres.
> Out of job I work with, and prefer, Postgres. Some years ago I used
> Mysql, but Postgres maturity fascinated me two years ago: I've been
> using it, and love it.
> I'd like to help:
> by marketing the software, translating if necessary or any other kind
> of support.
> I'll be pleased to help !
>
>
> We have a documentation mailing list, and I think we have some
> Portugese
> support material. I think it is listed on the web site.
>
> I will CC this message to our advocacy list in case they have some
> ideas.
>
>
>
>
> Can we coordinate a case study of how and why PTelecom uses postgresql,
> especially contrasted with it's use of oracle?
>
> If you'd like to do some legwork, the standard things to translate
> include back end files, FAQ, and advocacy website. I think those might
> all be covered but if you find one that isn't or needs updating then
> please jump in. After that I usually suggest helping translate pgAdmin
> and phpPgAdmin, though I think they both might already have Portuguese
> covered.
>
> Robert Treat
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