Thread: Press Release? Hello?
Folks, HEY! We're going to need a press release in possibly as little as 12 days. Before then, we'll want to have it translated and may need some quotes approved. So how about some feedback, hey? Corrections? Answers to questions? -Josh
Hi everyone, Can everyone please take a look at the Press Release for PostgreSQL 7.3 that we've been working on, and make suggestions as appropriate: http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/Pressrelease73 :-) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift Josh Berkus wrote: > > Folks, > > HEY! We're going to need a press release in possibly as little as 12 > days. Before then, we'll want to have it translated and may need some > quotes approved. > > So how about some feedback, hey? Corrections? Answers to questions? > > -Josh -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
Put my phone number down as +1 902 542 0713, and my email as scrappy@postgresql.org like Justin's ... other then that, it sounds great to me ... On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Justin Clift wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Can everyone please take a look at the Press Release for PostgreSQL 7.3 > that we've been working on, and make suggestions as appropriate: > > http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/Pressrelease73 > > :-) > > Regards and best wishes, > > Justin Clift > > > Josh Berkus wrote: > > > > Folks, > > > > HEY! We're going to need a press release in possibly as little as 12 > > days. Before then, we'll want to have it translated and may need some > > quotes approved. > > > > So how about some feedback, hey? Corrections? Answers to questions? > > > > -Josh > > -- > "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those > who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the > first group; there was less competition there." > - Indira Gandhi > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) >
"Marc G. Fournier" wrote: > > Put my phone number down as +1 902 542 0713, and my email as > scrappy@postgresql.org like Justin's ... other then that, it sounds great > to me ... Thanks Marc, just did it. Did you have a preference (or suggestion) in regards to the "About PostgreSQL:" alternatives? :-) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift > On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Justin Clift wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Can everyone please take a look at the Press Release for PostgreSQL 7.3 > > that we've been working on, and make suggestions as appropriate: > > > > http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/Pressrelease73 > > > > :-) > > > > Regards and best wishes, > > > > Justin Clift > > > > > > Josh Berkus wrote: > > > > > > Folks, > > > > > > HEY! We're going to need a press release in possibly as little as 12 > > > days. Before then, we'll want to have it translated and may need some > > > quotes approved. > > > > > > So how about some feedback, hey? Corrections? Answers to questions? > > > > > > -Josh > > > > -- > > "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those > > who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the > > first group; there was less competition there." > > - Indira Gandhi > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) > > -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
Oh great ... I like them both? :( A mix-n-match of the two (purely cut-n-paste, needs to be cleaned), but: ==================== Following more than 16 years of development by hundreds of the world's most generous and brilliant minds from the open source community, PostgreSQL continues to make the decision between free software and commercial databases "a simple choice between open source or an open wallet." With it's long time support of an enterprise level feature set including transactions, stored procedures, triggers, and subqueries PostgreSQL is being used by many of todays most demanding businesses. Many companies and agencies can no longer afford the high costs and constantly changing terms of licensed commercial software - making PostgreSQL one of the most highly sought after free technologies in the market today. With the release of v7.3 the decision to choose PostgreSQL is now even easier. ==================== Maybe with a pointer to advocacy for the case studies provided by some of hte big-un's? On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Justin Clift wrote: > "Marc G. Fournier" wrote: > > > > Put my phone number down as +1 902 542 0713, and my email as > > scrappy@postgresql.org like Justin's ... other then that, it sounds great > > to me ... > > Thanks Marc, just did it. > > Did you have a preference (or suggestion) in regards to the "About > PostgreSQL:" alternatives? > > :-) > > Regards and best wishes, > > Justin Clift > > > > On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Justin Clift wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > Can everyone please take a look at the Press Release for PostgreSQL 7.3 > > > that we've been working on, and make suggestions as appropriate: > > > > > > http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/Pressrelease73 > > > > > > :-) > > > > > > Regards and best wishes, > > > > > > Justin Clift > > > > > > > > > Josh Berkus wrote: > > > > > > > > Folks, > > > > > > > > HEY! We're going to need a press release in possibly as little as 12 > > > > days. Before then, we'll want to have it translated and may need some > > > > quotes approved. > > > > > > > > So how about some feedback, hey? Corrections? Answers to questions? > > > > > > > > -Josh > > > > > > -- > > > "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those > > > who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the > > > first group; there was less competition there." > > > - Indira Gandhi > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > > > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) > > > > > -- > "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those > who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the > first group; there was less competition there." > - Indira Gandhi >
Marc,
> Put my phone number down as +1 902 542 0713, and my email as
> scrappy@postgresql.org like Justin's ... other then that, it sounds great
> to me ...
Thanks! Can you also give me a rough figure on total mailing list
subscribers for PostgreSQL?
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On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Josh Berkus wrote: > Marc, > > > Put my phone number down as +1 902 542 0713, and my email as > > scrappy@postgresql.org like Justin's ... other then that, it sounds great > > to me ... > > Thanks! Can you also give me a rough figure on total mailing list Doesn't include duplicates, but here is what hte lists look like right now: global registry 0 out of 13488 pgadmin-hackers 0 out of 82 pgadmin-support 0 out of 244 pgsql-admin 0 out of 1518 pgsql-advocacy 0 out of 145 pgsql-announce 0 out of 2222 pgsql-benchmarks 0 out of 242 pgsql-bugs 0 out of 660 pgsql-chat 0 out of 107 pgsql-committers 0 out of 141 pgsql-core 0 out of 7 pgsql-cygwin 0 out of 305 pgsql-docs 0 out of 444 pgsql-general 0 out of 1770 pgsql-hackers 0 out of 1051 pgsql-interfaces 0 out of 966 pgsql-jdbc 0 out of 806 pgsql-novice 0 out of 1096 pgsql-odbc 0 out of 528 pgsql-patches 0 out of 288 pgsql-performance 0 out of 213 pgsql-php 0 out of 741 pgsql-ports 0 out of 280 pgsql-sql 0 out of 1357 pgsql-techdocs 0 out of 114 pgsql-tr-genel 0 out of 24 pgsql-www 0 out of 10 pgsql-www-advocacy 0 out of 2 pgsql-www-jobs 0 out of 10 pgsql-www-main 0 out of 4 sfpug 0 out of 25 I *believe* that the 'global registry' is exactly that ... one entry for each person subscribed, but am not 100% certain of that ... helpfully this helps ... ?
On Wednesday 13 Nov 2002 6:34 pm, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > Oh great ... I like them both? :( Personally prefer the second end-section. > > Maybe with a pointer to advocacy for the case studies provided by some of > hte big-un's? Definitely - otherwise we're wasting everyone's hard work on advocacy.postgresql.org -- Richard Huxton
Hmm... maybe this goes back to the whole target audience thing, but I think we'd get a much bigger win by dropping names of folks using postgresql than we do by highlighting the free (as in beer) aspect of it. (disclaimer - I wrote the second ending) Robert Treat On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 13:34, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > Oh great ... I like them both? :( > > A mix-n-match of the two (purely cut-n-paste, needs to be cleaned), but: > > ==================== > Following more than 16 years of development by hundreds of the world's > most generous and brilliant minds from the open source community, > PostgreSQL continues to make the decision between free software and > commercial databases "a simple choice between open source or an open > wallet." > > With it's long time support of an enterprise level feature set including > transactions, stored procedures, triggers, and subqueries PostgreSQL is > being used by many of todays most demanding businesses. > > Many companies and agencies can no longer afford the high costs and > constantly changing terms of licensed commercial software - making > PostgreSQL one of the most highly sought after free technologies in the > market today. With the release of v7.3 the decision to choose PostgreSQL > is now even easier. > ==================== > > Maybe with a pointer to advocacy for the case studies provided by some of > hte big-un's? > >
On 13 Nov 2002, Robert Treat wrote: > Hmm... maybe this goes back to the whole target audience thing, but I > think we'd get a much bigger win by dropping names of folks using > postgresql than we do by highlighting the free (as in beer) aspect of > it. (disclaimer - I wrote the second ending) Okay, the first name I'd "drop" from that second ending is RedHat, since they no longer do "PostgreSQL" as PostgreSQL ... as for the other names, do we have permission to use them? Several companies tend to be kinda hesitant to advertise use of PgSQL, for fear of being "jumped" by Oracle and such for their decision ... > > Robert Treat > > > On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 13:34, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > > Oh great ... I like them both? :( > > > > A mix-n-match of the two (purely cut-n-paste, needs to be cleaned), but: > > > > ==================== > > Following more than 16 years of development by hundreds of the world's > > most generous and brilliant minds from the open source community, > > PostgreSQL continues to make the decision between free software and > > commercial databases "a simple choice between open source or an open > > wallet." > > > > With it's long time support of an enterprise level feature set including > > transactions, stored procedures, triggers, and subqueries PostgreSQL is > > being used by many of todays most demanding businesses. > > > > Many companies and agencies can no longer afford the high costs and > > constantly changing terms of licensed commercial software - making > > PostgreSQL one of the most highly sought after free technologies in the > > market today. With the release of v7.3 the decision to choose PostgreSQL > > is now even easier. > > ==================== > > > > Maybe with a pointer to advocacy for the case studies provided by some of > > hte big-un's? > > > > > > > >
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 14:34, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On 13 Nov 2002, Robert Treat wrote: > > > Hmm... maybe this goes back to the whole target audience thing, but I > > think we'd get a much bigger win by dropping names of folks using > > postgresql than we do by highlighting the free (as in beer) aspect of > > it. (disclaimer - I wrote the second ending) > > Okay, the first name I'd "drop" from that second ending is RedHat, since > they no longer do "PostgreSQL" as PostgreSQL ... They no longer do PostgreSQL as PostgreSQL, but that doesn't mean they don't rely on it. This is like saying command prompt doesn't do PostgreSQL because they call it Mammoth PostgreSQL. I don't think it's a stretch to say these types of products have ties to the main code base. as for the other names, > do we have permission to use them? Several companies tend to be kinda > hesitant to advertise use of PgSQL, for fear of being "jumped" by Oracle > and such for their decision ... > FWIW I got these names from previous news articles written regarding PostgreSQL. Robert Treat > > > > Robert Treat > > > > > > On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 13:34, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > > > > Oh great ... I like them both? :( > > > > > > A mix-n-match of the two (purely cut-n-paste, needs to be cleaned), but: > > > > > > ==================== > > > Following more than 16 years of development by hundreds of the world's > > > most generous and brilliant minds from the open source community, > > > PostgreSQL continues to make the decision between free software and > > > commercial databases "a simple choice between open source or an open > > > wallet." > > > > > > With it's long time support of an enterprise level feature set including > > > transactions, stored procedures, triggers, and subqueries PostgreSQL is > > > being used by many of todays most demanding businesses. > > > > > > Many companies and agencies can no longer afford the high costs and > > > constantly changing terms of licensed commercial software - making > > > PostgreSQL one of the most highly sought after free technologies in the > > > market today. With the release of v7.3 the decision to choose PostgreSQL > > > is now even easier. > > > ==================== > > > > > > Maybe with a pointer to advocacy for the case studies provided by some of > > > hte big-un's? > > >
Marc,
> Doesn't include duplicates, but here is what hte lists look like right
> now:
>
> global registry 0 out of 13488
> pgadmin-hackers 0 out of 82
> pgadmin-support 0 out of 244
> pgsql-admin 0 out of 1518
> pgsql-advocacy 0 out of 145
> pgsql-announce 0 out of 2222
> pgsql-benchmarks 0 out of 242
> pgsql-bugs 0 out of 660
> pgsql-chat 0 out of 107
> pgsql-committers 0 out of 141
> pgsql-core 0 out of 7
> pgsql-cygwin 0 out of 305
> pgsql-docs 0 out of 444
> pgsql-general 0 out of 1770
> pgsql-hackers 0 out of 1051
> pgsql-interfaces 0 out of 966
> pgsql-jdbc 0 out of 806
> pgsql-novice 0 out of 1096
> pgsql-odbc 0 out of 528
> pgsql-patches 0 out of 288
> pgsql-performance 0 out of 213
> pgsql-php 0 out of 741
> pgsql-ports 0 out of 280
> pgsql-sql 0 out of 1357
> pgsql-techdocs 0 out of 114
> pgsql-tr-genel 0 out of 24
> pgsql-www 0 out of 10
> pgsql-www-advocacy 0 out of 2
> pgsql-www-jobs 0 out of 10
> pgsql-www-main 0 out of 4
> sfpug 0 out of 25
>
> I *believe* that the 'global registry' is exactly that ... one entry for
> each person subscribed, but am not 100% certain of that ...
I think it includes duplicates, since It'd be hard for me to believe that
there's 10,000 people subscribed to other lists and not to Announce or
General.
I'll say "Over 2500 members".
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Folks, Discussing the press release on IRC, we realized that we really want the number of code, /contrib, and GBORG contributors. Can anyone think of a way we could get that? -- -Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco