Thread: Should Webinars be training events?
All, We're getting quite a few submissions in /events for webinars for various PostgreSQL-associated companies and topics. I'm just not sure, as a moderator, whether: a) company webinars should be bounced as too corporate, or b) should be regular events, or c) should be training events. For the kind of event I'm talking about, see this description, which is typical: ============== Event: Webinar: Achieving database high availability in 15 minutes with Tungsten Training event: No Location: City: Web-based, State: , Country: United States Summary: Database downtime is one of the most common reasons for application failures. Unfortunately, not every product billed as an HA solution solves the whole problem. Tungsten clusters are packed with features that address database downtime efficiently and are easy to deploy. In 15 minutes, in fact. ============== I'm really honestly not sure what to do with these kinds of events. Seems to me we want to list them, but where? -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. www.pgexperts.com
On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 14:08 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote: > All, > > We're getting quite a few submissions in /events for webinars for > various PostgreSQL-associated companies and topics. I'm just not sure, > as a moderator, whether: > > a) company webinars should be bounced as too corporate, or > b) should be regular events, or > c) should be training events. > > For the kind of event I'm talking about, see this description, which is > typical: > > ============== > Event: Webinar: Achieving database high availability in 15 minutes with > Tungsten > Training event: No > Location: City: Web-based, State: , Country: United States > Summary: > > Database downtime is one of the most common reasons for application > failures. Unfortunately, not every product billed as an HA solution > solves the whole problem. Tungsten clusters are packed with features > that address database downtime efficiently and are easy to deploy. In 15 > minutes, in fact. > ============== > > I'm really honestly not sure what to do with these kinds of events. > Seems to me we want to list them, but where? That isn't training. I have no problem with E-Training being a training event but ... 15 minutes is a marketing slide. Joshua D. Drake > > -- > Josh Berkus > PostgreSQL Experts Inc. > www.pgexperts.com > -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 503.667.4564 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering If the world pushes look it in the eye and GRR. Then push back harder. - Salamander
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 14:08 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote: >> All, >> >> We're getting quite a few submissions in /events for webinars for >> various PostgreSQL-associated companies and topics. I'm just not sure, >> as a moderator, whether: >> >> a) company webinars should be bounced as too corporate, or >> b) should be regular events, or >> c) should be training events. >> >> For the kind of event I'm talking about, see this description, which is >> typical: >> >> ============== >> Event: Webinar: Achieving database high availability in 15 minutes with >> Tungsten >> Training event: No >> Location: City: Web-based, State: , Country: United States >> Summary: >> >> Database downtime is one of the most common reasons for application >> failures. Unfortunately, not every product billed as an HA solution >> solves the whole problem. Tungsten clusters are packed with features >> that address database downtime efficiently and are easy to deploy. In 15 >> minutes, in fact. >> ============== >> >> I'm really honestly not sure what to do with these kinds of events. >> Seems to me we want to list them, but where? > > That isn't training. I have no problem with E-Training being a training > event but ... 15 minutes is a marketing slide. Yep. ...Robert
On Sep 30, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Robert Haas wrote: >>> ============== >>> Event: Webinar: Achieving database high availability in 15 minutes >>> with >>> Tungsten >>> Training event: No >>> Location: City: Web-based, State: , Country: United States >>> Summary: >>> >>> Database downtime is one of the most common reasons for application >>> failures. Unfortunately, not every product billed as an HA solution >>> solves the whole problem. Tungsten clusters are packed with features >>> that address database downtime efficiently and are easy to deploy. >>> In 15 >>> minutes, in fact. >>> ============== >>> >>> I'm really honestly not sure what to do with these kinds of events. >>> Seems to me we want to list them, but where? >> >> That isn't training. I have no problem with E-Training being a >> training >> event but ... 15 minutes is a marketing slide. > > Yep. is it a 15-minute Webinar, or a Webinar in which you'll learn how to tune for high availability in as little as 15 minutes? David
On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 14:08 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote: > All, > > We're getting quite a few submissions in /events for webinars for > various PostgreSQL-associated companies and topics. I'm just not sure, > as a moderator, whether: > > a) company webinars should be bounced as too corporate, or > b) should be regular events, or > c) should be training events. > > For the kind of event I'm talking about, see this description, which is > typical: > > ============== > Event: Webinar: Achieving database high availability in 15 minutes with > Tungsten > Training event: No > Location: City: Web-based, State: , Country: United States > Summary: > > Database downtime is one of the most common reasons for application > failures. Unfortunately, not every product billed as an HA solution > solves the whole problem. Tungsten clusters are packed with features > that address database downtime efficiently and are easy to deploy. In 15 > minutes, in fact. > ============== > > I'm really honestly not sure what to do with these kinds of events. > Seems to me we want to list them, but where? That isn't training. I have no problem with E-Training being a training event but ... 15 minutes is a marketing slide. Joshua D. Drake > > -- > Josh Berkus > PostgreSQL Experts Inc. > www.pgexperts.com > -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 503.667.4564 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering If the world pushes look it in the eye and GRR. Then push back harder. - Salamander