Re: Call from Info World - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Call from Info World
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Msg-id 200312010258.hB12wKq22782@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Call from Info World  (Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>)
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Christopher Browne wrote:
> Long and short of it all is that trying to define equivalents that can
> be summed up in one word is dangerous to the thinking process.  It may
> be all that "Pointy Haired Bosses" can cope with, but the aftermath of
> the recent space shuttle disaster demonstrates that there's a true
> problem here.

If we want to efficiently communicate our value to businesses, we need
that "one word" explaination.  Very few people have a longer attention
span than that --- you can say it isn't ideal, but it is true.

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