Re: Time to work on Press Release 8.0 - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Time to work on Press Release 8.0
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Msg-id 200408121916.i7CJGqT06861@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Time to work on Press Release 8.0  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>)
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Re: Time to work on Press Release 8.0
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > Overall, I would *love* to have someone take a stab at a single, 4-5 line
> > "expanded corporate participation" paragraph that mentions most companies.
> > The press is really interested in knowing what companies back PostgreSQL.
> > Also, it helps drum into reporters that PostgreSQL is not a single-company
> > project.
>
> Agreed on justification, and about the "4-5 line para" ... just your
> outline seemed to have several 'paras' focusing on it :)
>
> Why not attribute the features themselves when you list them?  Who
> sponsored what?
>
> Also, the PR should be focused around what we are releasing, not side
> projects ... Slony-I isn't part of this release, and, IMHO, isn't
> appropriate as part of the PostgreSQL Server press release ... they should
> be doing their own Press Release for that.  Focus on what *we* are
> releasing, not what another project is releasing ...

But we need to share our visibility with relivant child projects.

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