Thread: PostgreSQL training curriculum
I've been contracted to provide 3 days of PostgreSQL training, and I'm wondering if anyone has curriculum they'd like to share with me, or suggestions for course materials. This course is targeted at database experts who want to come up to speed on PostgreSQL, so it will deal mostly with installation, tuning, and troubleshooting. I am being paid for this training, so keep that in mind if you're a real GPL zealot. ;) I've seen that Bruce Momjian has curriculum posted on his website, but I haven't turned anything else up yet. -- Jim C. Nasby, Database Consultant decibel@decibel.org Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?"
"Jim C. Nasby" <decibel@decibel.org> writes: > I am being paid for this training, so keep that in mind if you're a real > GPL zealot. ;) Why would a GPL zealot care if you are being paid to provide training?
On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 04:13:46PM -0600, Doug Quale wrote: > "Jim C. Nasby" <decibel@decibel.org> writes: > > > I am being paid for this training, so keep that in mind if you're a real > > GPL zealot. ;) > > Why would a GPL zealot care if you are being paid to provide training? Maybe 'GPL zealot' is a bad choice of words, but it wouldn't surprise me if some people who post training information wouldn't want it used by someone who's going to turn around and make money on it. I suspect few if any PostgreSQL users are like that (since PostgreSQL is BSD licensed), but you never know. -- Jim C. Nasby, Database Consultant decibel@decibel.org Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?"
Or anything else for that matter? The GPL specifically allows you to charge even for the software (for other people's work, in fact); the catch is that you can't prevent the people you sell it to from giving it away for free, so what's the point ;-) (although companies like redhat and mandrake do it all the time, of course... they provide commercial support and nice company-logo books 'n boxes to compensate for that fact, but in the end...) Also, PostgreSQL is *not* covered by the GPL. On Dec 21, 2004, at 5:13 PM, Doug Quale wrote: > "Jim C. Nasby" <decibel@decibel.org> writes: > >> I am being paid for this training, so keep that in mind if you're a >> real >> GPL zealot. ;) > > Why would a GPL zealot care if you are being paid to provide training? > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html > > ----------------------------------------------------------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <fde101@fjrhome.net> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. $ ___________________________________________________________ $0 Web Hosting with up to 120MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. Signup at www.doteasy.com
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On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 04:13:46PM -0600, Doug Quale wrote:
> "Jim C. Nasby" <decibel@decibel.org> writes:
>
> > I am being paid for this training, so keep that in mind if you're a
real
> > GPL zealot. ;)
>
> Why would a GPL zealot care if you are being paid to provide training?
Maybe 'GPL zealot' is a bad choice of words, but it wouldn't surprise me
if some people who post training information wouldn't want it used by
someone who's going to turn around and make money on it. I suspect few
if any PostgreSQL users are like that (since PostgreSQL is BSD
licensed), but you never know.
--
Jim C. Nasby, Database Consultant decibel@decibel.org
Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828
Windows: "Where do you want to go today?"
Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?"
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > I've been contracted to provide 3 days of PostgreSQL training, and I'm > wondering if anyone has curriculum they'd like to share with me, or > suggestions for course materials. This course is targeted at database > experts who want to come up to speed on PostgreSQL, so it will deal > mostly with installation, tuning, and troubleshooting. http://www.tdmsoft.com/en//PostgreSQL/pdf/TDM-PostgreSQL-Training-Curriculum.pdf is TDM's Training Curriculum for PostgreSQL. It is a bit old, but will be updated *after* 8.0.0 will be released. - -HTH Regards, - -- Devrim GUNDUZ devrim~gunduz.org devrim.gunduz~linux.org.tr http://www.tdmsoft.com http://www.gunduz.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB0EC0tl86P3SPfQ4RAssUAKCe2CU6zgmGXQYKYVV+NvGmREZUwgCgnjL0 aoiF4HRRpkrSMMEby6yzU4s= =auKj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----