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To: David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>,
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Subject: Re: FAQ on Embedding Postgres 
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Comments: In-reply-to David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
	message dated "Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:41:26 -0800"
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:56:01 -0500
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 12:35:53PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> If we need a FAQ entry on this at all, I'd stop after David's first
>> two sentences.

> Stopping there seems like a very bad idea from a public relations
> point of view.

Pointing to an alternative product doesn't make that any better.
What would make it better is to explain *why* we design PG this way.

			regards, tom lane