Probably makes sense to keep all our options open at this point but
agree with Josh on ensuring that we get PG visible in all publications,
blogs, etc. that he rightly points out. As far as Sys-Con, just an
option for now to see what they can offer. Wasn't aware of the tainted
reputation issues amongst the OS community with Sys-con. But I will note
your point.
Z.
-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Berkus [mailto:josh@agliodbs.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 1:07 PM
To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
Cc: Bob Zurek
Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] postgresql publication ---> was "Re: New
MySQL Journal"
All,
I'm personally dubvious about the advisability of having our own Journal
vs.
having regular articles in other people's publications. I don't think
that
we have so many writers in the community that doing a PostgreSQL journal
wouldn't rob Linux magazines, sysadmin magazines, blogs, oreillynet etc.
of
content.
If we think we have untapped writers, I'd rather push them to contribute
to
these publications, which will reach people who aren't PG users or have
even
heard of PG rather than the faithful. This would be especially the case
with
and online-only Journal, which nobody would stumble across on the
newsstand
by accident.
I'd also be nervous about doing anything with SYS-CON Media given their
rather
tainted reputation in the OSS community.
The only way this makes sense is if it would attract many new people to
writing and publishing about PostgreSQL who otherwise wouldn't do it.
If
nothing else, I don't believe that our existing active writers are
sufficient
for a Journal.
--
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco
