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From: David Fetter <[email protected]>
To: Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Cc: Martin Marques <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL WWW <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL Advocacy <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] One line new items
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 10:34:34 -0700
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>
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On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 10:03:26AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >>>I prefer a one line description and a link.  I don't have any
> >>>problem with people leaving our site to see it.  We aren't
> >>>selling anything.
> >>We most certainly are selling something. PostgreSQL.
> >
> >Uh, I don't think so.  We are _offering_ it.
> >
> 
> Oh good lord, lets get into a terminology argument shall we.

Let's not :)

> The point, is that we are trying to insure that PostgreSQL is the
> prominent OSS database. Yes? If so....
> 
> Selling/Offering/Giving/Proliferating
> 
> Pick your word I really don't care.
> 
> It is obnoxious to have PR trolls offer only a one liner with a link
> to another website without any context to the content beyond the
> title.

In the PostgreSQL Weekly News, I put one line of description--often
not even 70 characters--and a link, but I make sure it's really
PostgreSQL content.  It's meant to take you to another site, and it's
part of why people send me things in advance for it.

But that's for PWN, which is designed to be a quick, readable summary.
What is the purpose of those news bits?  If it's to keep people on the
site, then Josh Drake's point is 100% on.

Cheers,
D
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David Fetter <[email protected]> http://fetter.org/
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