Re: Joint user survey with EnterpriseDB? - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Simon Riggs
Subject Re: Joint user survey with EnterpriseDB?
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Msg-id 1246518421.27964.409.camel@dn-x300-willij
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In response to Re: Joint user survey with EnterpriseDB?  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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On Wed, 2009-07-01 at 15:57 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Simon,
>
> > The project needs a survey that is comprehensive, detailed, regular and
> > global, run by and for the community. I think we should start that on a
> > positive note, so again reason to withdraw. Dates are flexible but we
> > need input into the 8.5 dev process.
>
> If you're enthusiastic about making a survey, there's no reason for you
> to withdraw.

Sorry, I meant "withdraw my objection to the immediate EDB survey"

I think the survey is important and will continue.

> For that matter, there's no reason why Gary at EDB can't
> contribute to the better survey along with everyone else.
>
> Amusing note: despite *us* never having a "user survey", the
> OpenOffice.org user survey which they ran for years and collected over
> 200,000 responses was built by folks from the PostgreSQL project (me,
> Justin, Roberto).

Good example, and well done.

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 Simon Riggs           www.2ndQuadrant.com
 PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support


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