X-Original-To: pgsql-advocacy-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEC7B9FA372 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:36:36 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 79504-06 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:36:34 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93B899F9AFD for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:36:34 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28BAD290C3A for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:36:34 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 81569-01; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:36:22 -0300 (ADT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-7-151-244.eastlink.ca [71.7.151.244]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54557290C29; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:36:22 -0300 (ADT) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 67B295FE1D; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:36:21 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 669C05FE0B; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:36:21 -0300 (ADT) Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 12:36:21 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" X-X-Sender: scrappy@ganymede.hub.org To: Joshua Kramer cc: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Toward A Positive Marketing Approach. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20060519123613.D1114@ganymede.hub.org> References: <446CD9F3.9020100@sourceview.com> <20060518204623.GQ26910@varlena.com> <20060519145949.GY64371@pervasive.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/89 X-Sequence-Number: 9028 On Fri, 19 May 2006, Joshua Kramer wrote: > >> it's what ISPs provide. Since it's so hard to get ISPs that support >> PostgreSQL, more people develop using MySQL, driving demand, etc. I talk >> to probably 1 person a month that would love to develop some application >> using PostgreSQL but can't because their ISP (or their customer's ISP) >> doesn't support it. > > Here's another idea: why not find and promote webhosts who support Postgres? > That might be another tool we can use, to direct people to ISP's who support > it... > > http://www.jtl.net is one (though I have no experience with them). > > It's not as if it's hard to support Postgres in a web hosting environment... http://www.postgresql.org/support/professional_hosting ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664