Merlin,
> Point taken. Also, there is no reason to believe the author's
> knowledge, while presumed, is lacking in any way. By the way, getting
> postgres mentioned in any publication is a good thing, so kudos to you
> for doing your job: it's more than I've done! (mostly limited to
> expressing my opinion).
Which is fine, on a mailing list. I haven't done much lately either ... heck,
I wouldn't have seen that article except I have a collegue who spends all his
"free" time web-surfing an obsessively sends me links.
Honestly, getting the press to like you is easy, you just have to like *them*.
Reporters so often get treated like scum or at least condescended to by the
subjects they cover. Establishing a friendly rapport with a reporter can
ensure our project literally years of favorable coverage. This is
*especially* true in the online-only tech press, where stringers are paid so
little that their writing is practically a hobby.
At some point in the future, we'll have to centralize contacts with the press.
However, there are so few of us right now that it's not really an issue.
--
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco
