Re: 2 articles - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

Robert Treat wrote:
> I think the article was accurate (well on this point anyway)... most
> developers were, and still are, unaware of EnterpriseDB's interaction with
> the community, so it seems pretty natural to me you wouldn't have remembered
> much about them.

Yea, they have been talking to specific community members while they
were in stealth mode and now that they are public they are working on
stuff, but companies can't broadcast everything they do and still be
effective, so yea, the article was right that few know about them, but
they just started, so that is natural.  I am not sure what the _point_
of the article was, really, other than to try to find a problem that
is to be expected from a company just opening up to the community.

Enterprisedb announced, Lisa writes a positive article, then a week
later writes an article that the community doesn't know much about them.
Well, yea, it has only been a week.  :-)

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> On Tuesday 07 June 2005 06:50, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > Well, she implied with quoting my comment that "most developers were
> > unaware of EnterpriseDB's interaction with the community".  I'd never
> > heard anything about you, so of course I said I didn't remember you
> > contacting the list.  If that's all been private between EnterpriseDB
> > and some special developers, then it just makes me look stupid, doesn't it?
> >
> > Andy Astor wrote:
> > > Regarding the eWeek article, Lisa Vaas's included several unfortunate
> > > inaccuracies, even after she updated it with my comments. Most important
> > > for this audience, though, is her implication that EnterpriseDB hasn't
> > > contacted the development team. As many of you know, we have been -- and
> > > are -- working with several community leaders/members to find the right
> > > ways to contribute. Much of that thought process was undercover until a
> > > couple of weeks ago, when we emerged from stealth, but will be much more
> > > public over the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned...
> > >
> > >>-----Original Message-----
> > >>From: pgsql-advocacy-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-advocacy-
> > >>owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Neil Conway
> > >>Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 11:44 PM
> > >>To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
> > >>Subject: [pgsql-advocacy] 2 articles
> > >>
> > >>I didn't see these posted here:
> > >>
> > >>http://www.pervasivepostgres.com/news/04282005.asp
> > >
> > > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1821359,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K000
> > > 06
> > >
> > >>08
> > >>
> > >>-Neil
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