Thread: Opportunity to have an article in the Linux Format Magazine

Opportunity to have an article in the Linux Format Magazine

From
Justin Clift
Date:
Hi everyone,

Have just been emailing with Nick Veitch of the "Linux Format" Magazine,
pointing out that they left PostgreSQL out of the "Server Software"
options for voting upon for their "Linux Format Awards".

Nick has suggested that they could redress this by doing something about
PostgreSQL in an upcoming article.  i.e. an article, etc.

Does this sound like a good idea, and if so do we have someone willing
to be in charge of getting it done?

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Linux Format Awards
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 16:15:18 +0000
From: Nick Veitch <nick.veitch@futurenet.co.uk>
Organization: Future Publishing
To: Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org>
References: <3DEE20F3.7030300@postgresql.org>
<3DEE24BB.7040809@futurenet.co.uk> <3DEE28EC.1030404@postgresql.org>

Justin Clift wrote:

 > Nick Veitch wrote:
 > <snip>
 >
 >> The shortlists in all the categories were made on nominations
 >> received. Hardly anyone nominated PostgreSQL( in fact, I'm not sure
 >> if anyone did) so it didn't make it to the list.
 >
 >
 > Wow....
 >
 > That's really surprising and disappointing and we have a very large
 > and active community.
 >
 > Where do we sign up to become of when you're looking for nominations?
 >
 > :-)
 >
 > Regards and best wishes,
 >
 > Justin Clift
 >
To be fair most people seemed to be thinking of Apache, Samba etc. MySQL
didn't get many nominations either, but enough to make it worth
including. Judging by the nominations, I think <snip> is going to win.
There was a piece in the magazine, and all the nominations were
generated through the website, so you should really check that out. I
was quite surprised myself!

Perhaps to redress the balance we should do something about PostgreSQL
in an upcoming issue?
Perhaps an interview covering where development is headed? Or maybe
someone would like to contribute a practical piece on good database
design or whatever? I'm open to suggestions.


--
Regards,

Nick Veitch
Editor,
Linux Format
The UK's best selling Linux magazine
www.linuxformat.co.uk




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Re: Opportunity to have an article in the Linux

From
Robert Treat
Date:
I'm not familiar with that magazine, but perhaps a quick Q&A regarding
the 7.3 release would be appropriate. I'm willing to do it if you want
to pass them my email address.

Robert Treat

On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 11:21, Justin Clift wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Have just been emailing with Nick Veitch of the "Linux Format" Magazine,
> pointing out that they left PostgreSQL out of the "Server Software"
> options for voting upon for their "Linux Format Awards".
>
> Nick has suggested that they could redress this by doing something about
> PostgreSQL in an upcoming article.  i.e. an article, etc.
>
> Does this sound like a good idea, and if so do we have someone willing
> to be in charge of getting it done?
>
> :-)
>
> Regards and best wishes,
>
> Justin Clift
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Linux Format Awards
> Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 16:15:18 +0000
> From: Nick Veitch <nick.veitch@futurenet.co.uk>
> Organization: Future Publishing
> To: Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org>
> References: <3DEE20F3.7030300@postgresql.org>
> <3DEE24BB.7040809@futurenet.co.uk> <3DEE28EC.1030404@postgresql.org>
>
> Justin Clift wrote:
>
>  > Nick Veitch wrote:
>  > <snip>
>  >
>  >> The shortlists in all the categories were made on nominations
>  >> received. Hardly anyone nominated PostgreSQL( in fact, I'm not sure
>  >> if anyone did) so it didn't make it to the list.
>  >
>  >
>  > Wow....
>  >
>  > That's really surprising and disappointing and we have a very large
>  > and active community.
>  >
>  > Where do we sign up to become of when you're looking for nominations?
>  >
>  > :-)
>  >
>  > Regards and best wishes,
>  >
>  > Justin Clift
>  >
> To be fair most people seemed to be thinking of Apache, Samba etc. MySQL
> didn't get many nominations either, but enough to make it worth
> including. Judging by the nominations, I think <snip> is going to win.
> There was a piece in the magazine, and all the nominations were
> generated through the website, so you should really check that out. I
> was quite surprised myself!
>
> Perhaps to redress the balance we should do something about PostgreSQL
> in an upcoming issue?
> Perhaps an interview covering where development is headed? Or maybe
> someone would like to contribute a practical piece on good database
> design or whatever? I'm open to suggestions.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Nick Veitch
> Editor,
> Linux Format
> The UK's best selling Linux magazine
> www.linuxformat.co.uk
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> This email has been scanned for all viruses.
>
> --
> "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
>
>
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