Thread: The support pages on postgresql.org
A couple questions about the North America support page on postgresql.org. * Is there any reason why Sun is not on the North America support page [1]. It seems from the Nov 2005 press release [2] that they do provide support. Did they stop doing this? If they still do, can we ask someone from Sun to get themselves added to this page. * Fujitsu is listed in the Oceania page [3] and Asia page [5]. Considering their large international presence -- they alone almost certainly have a bigger IT support staff in North America than all the organizations listed on the North America page[1] -- would it be reasonable to list them on all the continent's support pages? * Does Red Hat or any of the other big Linux distributors provide postgresql support in North America? Could they be added to the North America support page[1]? I ask mainly because if your average CxO reads the current North America support page he probably won't recognize anyone there. I realize the page just gets populated by companies who submit themselves using the from [4] - but it seems it'd make postgresql quite a bit more impressive to naive customers if they saw that support is available in North America from some of the big companies. If people agree, could someone from advocacy try to round up some of those big companies to submit themselves. [1] http://www.postgresql.org/support/professional_support_northamerica [2] http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-11/sunflash.20051117.1.xml [3] http://www.postgresql.org/support/professional_support_oceania [4] http://www.postgresql.org/support/newprof [5] http://www.postgresql.org/support/professional_support_asia
On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 10:04 -0800, Ron Mayer wrote: > A couple questions about the North America support page > on postgresql.org. > > * Is there any reason why Sun is not on the North America support > page [1]. It seems from the Nov 2005 press release [2] that > they do provide support. Did they stop doing this? If they > still do, can we ask someone from Sun to get themselves added > to this page. Hmm... probably because they didn't ask :). > > * Fujitsu is listed in the Oceania page [3] and Asia page [5]. > Considering their large international presence -- they alone > almost certainly have a bigger IT support staff in North > America than all the organizations listed on the North > America page[1] -- would it be reasonable to list them > on all the continent's support pages? I actually don't think Fujitsu (I could be wrong) supports PostgreSQL in the US. > > * Does Red Hat or any of the other big Linux distributors > provide postgresql support in North America? Could > they be added to the North America support page[1]? Red Hat will support it as part of their distribution. So we would have to have a big caveat there. > I ask mainly because if your average CxO reads the > current North America support page he probably won't > recognize anyone there. Yet it doesn't stop them from calling them. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake > I realize the page just gets > populated by companies who submit themselves using the > from [4] - but it seems it'd make postgresql quite a bit > more impressive to naive customers if they saw that support > is available in North America from some of the big companies. > If people agree, could someone from advocacy try to round up > some of those big companies to submit themselves. > > > [1] http://www.postgresql.org/support/professional_support_northamerica > [2] http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-11/sunflash.20051117.1.xml > [3] http://www.postgresql.org/support/professional_support_oceania > [4] http://www.postgresql.org/support/newprof > [5] http://www.postgresql.org/support/professional_support_asia > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
Ron, > * Is there any reason why Sun is not on the North America support > page [1]. It seems from the Nov 2005 press release [2] that > they do provide support. Did they stop doing this? If they > still do, can we ask someone from Sun to get themselves added > to this page. Ooops, my fault. Must fix .... > > * Fujitsu is listed in the Oceania page [3] and Asia page [5]. > Considering their large international presence -- they alone > almost certainly have a bigger IT support staff in North > America than all the organizations listed on the North > America page[1] -- would it be reasonable to list them > on all the continent's support pages? No, because Fujitsu is ONLY offering PostgreSQL support in Oceania and Asia. You cannot buy support in the US. > * Does Red Hat or any of the other big Linux distributors > provide postgresql support in North America? Could > they be added to the North America support page[1]? Well, RH only sells PostgreSQL support in association with their JBOSS stack. However, it's high time that I make an official marketing contact at RH, so this is a call for me to do so. Thanks so much for being a watchdog on this! --Josh
G'day, Support for PostgreSQL from Fujitsu in North America is definitely on our roadmap for the future. We have enough going on in Australia (and SE Asia) to keep us busy at the moment and further develop our PostgreSQL programme. At the appropriate time, we will extend the reach of our support offering. Looking forward to the release 8.2. Interesting times ahead... Regards, Liam. _____________________________________________ Liam O'Duibhir - Product Manager - Open Source Software Fujitsu Australia Software Technology 14 Rodborough Road, Frenchs Forest NSW 2086 Tel: (61-2) 9452 9068 Fax: (61-2) 9975 3779 Mob: 0423 025 852 Email: LiamOD@fast.fujitsu.com.au http://fastware.com.au/postgresql.html > -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-advocacy-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-advocacy- > owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Josh Berkus > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 7:05 AM > To: Ron Mayer > Cc: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] The support pages on postgresql.org > > Ron, > > > * Is there any reason why Sun is not on the North America support > > page [1]. It seems from the Nov 2005 press release [2] that > > they do provide support. Did they stop doing this? If they > > still do, can we ask someone from Sun to get themselves added > > to this page. > > Ooops, my fault. Must fix .... > > > > > * Fujitsu is listed in the Oceania page [3] and Asia page [5]. > > Considering their large international presence -- they alone > > almost certainly have a bigger IT support staff in North > > America than all the organizations listed on the North > > America page[1] -- would it be reasonable to list them > > on all the continent's support pages? > > No, because Fujitsu is ONLY offering PostgreSQL support in Oceania and > Asia. You cannot buy support in the US. > > > * Does Red Hat or any of the other big Linux distributors > > provide postgresql support in North America? Could > > they be added to the North America support page[1]? > > Well, RH only sells PostgreSQL support in association with their JBOSS > stack. However, it's high time that I make an official marketing > contact at RH, so this is a call for me to do so. > > Thanks so much for being a watchdog on this! > > --Josh > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster This is an email from Fujitsu Australia Software Technology Pty Ltd, ABN 27 003 693 481. It is confidential to the ordinaryuser of the email address to which it was addressed and may contain copyright and/or legally privileged information.No one else may read, print, store, copy or forward all or any of it or its attachments. If you receive thisemail in error, please return to sender. Thank you. If you do not wish to receive commercial email messages from Fujitsu Australia Software Technology Pty Ltd, please emailunsubscribe@fast.fujitsu.com.au