Re: Does this look ethical to you? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Dave Page
Subject Re: Does this look ethical to you?
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Msg-id E7F85A1B5FF8D44C8A1AF6885BC9A0E40103DA85@ratbert.vale-housing.co.uk
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In response to Does this look ethical to you?  (Tony Caduto <tony.caduto@amsoftwaredesign.com>)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Caduto [mailto:tony.caduto@amsoftwaredesign.com]
> Sent: 24 January 2006 14:25
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Does this look ethical to you?
>
>
> > There most certainly are companies making money from
> pgAdmin, including
> > at least 2 of the most well known large PostgreSQL companies. In
> > addition to potentially hurting them, you are trading off our long
> > established name, which to add insult to injury you haven't
> even spelt
> > or formatted correctly (it is, and has always been pgAdmin)!
>
> here is my keywords:
>
> Postgresql,pg,admin,GUI,alternative,PSQL,pgsql,gui,postgres
>
> I removed the III.

Thank you, however I'm more concerned with:

"PGLA has many advanced features not found in pgAdmin III,".

Aside from it being slightly misleading (not only are there not many
'advanced' things PGLA can do that pgAdmin can't, there are a similar
number that pgAdmin can, that PGLA can't), it is still attempting to
sell your product on our name. I would therefore ask that you either:

- Not mention pgAdmin at all, or
- Mention not only pgAdmin, but EDB Studio, Navicat, EMS PostgreSQL
Manager and other comparable products *as well*.

> No how about getting a link or something in the win32 Postgresql
> installer back to the commercial products page:
> http://www.postgresql.org/download/commercial

Why? It is an Open Source package, distributed for free, at the personal
expense of numerous people including myself. Why should we advertise
your or anyone elses commercial products for free?

Regards, Dave

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