Thread: Press FAQ/Volunteer FAQ
Folks, I'd like some help on writing up a FAQ for the regional contacts for the 8.0 release to avoid accidentially giving the press bad facts or putting our people on the spot. Can folks please comment on it with corrections/additions? http://pgfoundry.org/docman/view.php/1000047/26/press_FAQ.txt This will also become part of our new press page at www.postgresql.org when the new site goes up. -- --Josh Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
Hi Josh! Really good! Congratulations. Don't you think that it's interesting put something concerning the PostgreSQL limitations concerning maximum table size, maximum number of columns, etc ? This is an usual question... Cheers, Rodrigo Carvalhaes Josh Berkus wrote: >Folks, > >I'd like some help on writing up a FAQ for the regional contacts for the 8.0 >release to avoid accidentially giving the press bad facts or putting our >people on the spot. Can folks please comment on it with >corrections/additions? > >http://pgfoundry.org/docman/view.php/1000047/26/press_FAQ.txt > >This will also become part of our new press page at www.postgresql.org when >the new site goes up. > > >
Josh Berkus wrote: > http://pgfoundry.org/docman/view.php/1000047/26/press_FAQ.txt Sounds good, except for this: "US and international law currently makes it difficult to publish benchmarks for competing commercial database systems" I think you are looking for "the end-user license agreements of the products in question". I don't know of any restrictions on benchmarking that is due to standard law. IT magazines certainly publish benchmarks all the time without asking anyone. -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
You know Josh, I think he's got something here. I remember being a little thrown off by reading about limitations ratherthan abilities the first time I read the PostgreSQL documentation. Is it time we reviewed this tradition? On December 6, 2004 05:10 pm, Rodrigo Carvalhaes wrote: > Hi Josh! > > Really good! Congratulations. > > Don't you think that it's interesting put something concerning the > PostgreSQL limitations concerning maximum table size, maximum number of > columns, etc ? This is an usual question...
Hi, Josh Berkus wrote: > Folks, > > I'd like some help on writing up a FAQ for the regional contacts for the 8.0 > release to avoid accidentially giving the press bad facts or putting our > people on the spot. Can folks please comment on it with > corrections/additions? > > http://pgfoundry.org/docman/view.php/1000047/26/press_FAQ.txt > > This will also become part of our new press page at www.postgresql.org when > the new site goes up. > I thought of few on my own. They are not exactly related to new release etc. but these could be thrown by new users. It would be better if all the press contacts could sing the same tune. These needs to be elaborated though. I have just chalked out few points from a newbie-postgresql user's POV. -------- Q: Tell me about the native Windows support A: - It's new. - It is available only on Windows 2000 or better. - It is expected to be fully functional. - Performance *may* not be as good as Unix/PostgreSQL. - Test before you use. - Remember, it is new. Q: What are the GUI tools available for PostgreSQL A: See http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/GUITools Q: PostgreSQL does not perform very well compared to <foo> A: - PostgreSQL has conservative defaults compared to other databases. One has to tune them for production purposes - http://www.varlena.com/varlena/GeneralBits/Tidbits/perf.html - http://www.varlena.com/varlena/GeneralBits/Tidbits/annotated_conf_e.html - Test for your own workload. Synthetic benchmarks are seldom any good. - Do read release notes for bug fixes and performance enhancements Q: Where do I get PostgreSQL? A: - Mirror list - Location of windows installer - Other Quickstart material Q: What are learning materials available for PostgreSQL? A: - PostgreSQL manual - http://techdocs.postgresql.org/ - Books - Third party materials - Any others Q: What paid support options do I have in my area (<foo>)? A: <<TODO>> Q: Where is official PostgreSQL FAQ? A: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html Q: What are available electronic forums A: - Mailings lists at http://www.postgresql.org/lists.html - Archives are linked from same page - http://www.pgsql.ru/db/pgsearch/ -------- On a off-topic note, it would be real cool if we could have a registered postgresql users/companies/products page, similar to linux counter(http://counter.li.org/). I think it would definitely add some more weight to our claim that it is used worldwide. Shridhar
On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 04:22, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: > Q: What paid support options do I have in my area (<foo>)? > A: <<TODO>> > http://techdocs.postgresql.org/companies.php > On a off-topic note, it would be real cool if we could have a registered > postgresql users/companies/products page, similar to linux > counter(http://counter.li.org/). I think it would definitely add some more > weight to our claim that it is used worldwide. > http://www.pgsql.com/user_gallery/ ? Robert Treat -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
Robert Treat wrote: > On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 04:22, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: > >>Q: What paid support options do I have in my area (<foo>)? >>A: <<TODO>> >> > > http://techdocs.postgresql.org/companies.php Right(I mean I knew there was a listing there but didn't dig it really).. >>On a off-topic note, it would be real cool if we could have a registered >>postgresql users/companies/products page, similar to linux >>counter(http://counter.li.org/). I think it would definitely add some more >>weight to our claim that it is used worldwide. > > http://www.pgsql.com/user_gallery/ ? I was thinking a bit in another direction, i.e not in terms of ISVs or developers but off-the-shelf product usage. Even if one uses postgresql as a part of off-the-shelf product(say drupal installation..), I would like it (in theory)to be registered. If there is a postgresql installation which serves a practical purpose, there is (at least) a person pushing/maintaining it. Let's call them all.. Developers, ISVs and sponserors do count. But if we go after end users, we will catch them all in one net..:-) I was thinking of putting a call on linux mailing list in India. I do know that it is used heavily but I don't have any hard data on it. But then two things occurred to me.. - It need not be restricted to India. - I need a container to host this information and probably somebody has already done it.. So just throwing it open for discussion..Is this a good (enough?) idea? Shridhar
I was interested in registering our product on this site, however 8.0 is not one of the valid options for PG versions. Can you please fix it? Thanks. > > http://www.pgsql.com/user_gallery/ ? >
Shridhar, Rodrigo, > I thought of few on my own. They are not exactly related to new release > etc. but these could be thrown by new users. It would be better if all the > press contacts could sing the same tune. Thanks, this is cool. Actually, though, I think your Q&A belongs in the *regular* FAQ, except maybe the Windows question, which I'll elaborate on. Most of the questions you address are the ones users would have, but reporters wouldn't. (Of course, I speak only of reporters from the US, CA, UK, and AU; India may be different). > Don't you think that it's interesting put something concerning the > PostgreSQL limitations concerning maximum table size, maximum number of > columns, etc ? This is an usual question... Yeah, I can quote the stuff from our regular FAQ in this one. --Josh -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco