Received: from localhost (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D2019FB5B8; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:59:27 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 13300-07; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:59:20 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from fetter.org (start.fetter.org [66.92.188.65]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F53C9FB5A3; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:59:22 -0300 (ADT) Received: by fetter.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id F206BFBC829; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 11:59:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 11:59:20 -0700 From: David Fetter To: Dave Page Cc: Mike Ellsworth , pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org Subject: Re: EnterpriseDB Postgres Message-ID: <20070808185920.GA7134@fetter.org> References: <200708081736.26564.peter_e@gmx.net> <51494DB187D98F4C88DBEBF1F5F6D423022518CA@edb06.mail01.enterprisedb.com> <200708081836.44990.peter_e@gmx.net> <46B9FA88.8000809@commandprompt.com> <219951fd0708081116v5c761346yc68d72b04ae9ee1d@mail.gmail.com> <46BA0C2F.3030305@postgresql.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46BA0C2F.3030305@postgresql.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200708/167 X-Sequence-Number: 11737 On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 07:32:15PM +0100, Dave Page wrote: > Mike Ellsworth wrote: > > I was under the impression that www scrutinizes all Press Releases > > prior to posting to the site. Not true? > > We do. We check them for frequency of posting from a single company > (so noone floods the news pages), relevancy and appropriateness. We > don't check they are factually accurate, or try to second guess the > intent of the companies posting them. > > And yes, I did approve that one - despite my employer it meets all > our agreed acceptance criteria. Dave, I know you mean well, but in this case, you created, at best, the appearance of a conflict of interest. Next time, please ask somebody not employed at EnterpriseDB to review such pieces. Cheers, David. -- David Fetter http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Skype: davidfetter Remember to vote! Consider donating to PostgreSQL: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate