Hello,
This article:
http://www.vnunet.com/computing/news/2194087/database-ticket
and the associated press release:
http://www.enterprisedb.com/news_events/press_releases/07_11_07.do
Caused quite the storm on IRC. In response to the following prompt:
(07:52:16 PM) davidfetter: so, linuxpoet, since you've urged me so many
times in private, i'm urging you in semi-public, to start that thread :)
I post...
I would kindly ask EDB to consider how this looks overall. Everyone is
used to marketing speak but this is pretty much a blatant slap in the
face about the very product that is the core of what you and all your
venture capitalists bet the farm on.
My specific gripe would be:
Transitioning from its current open source PostgreSQL database to
EnterpriseDB Advanced Server will enable Ticketline to increase the
speed and improve the reliability of its ticketing system.
Which although I can understand the marketing departments excitement
about such a great sales (bravo, honestly), I believe it stands to
reason that the entire sentence is cow dung. A little truth in
advertising would be nice here. How about:
Transitioning from its current open source PostgreSQL database to
EnterpriseDB Advanced Server will enable Ticketline to increase the
supportability of its ticketing system.
Which has all the pizazz. I know there are others that were in channel
that were pretty taken aback as well.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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