From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Message-Id: <200805290155.m4T1tnO18764@momjian.us>
Subject: Re: replace training blurb with upcoming pug
 meetings?
In-Reply-To: <200805282110.54958.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>
To: Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 21:55:49 -0400 (EDT)
CC: pgsql-www@postgresql.org, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>,
	"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>,
	Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
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Robert Treat wrote:
> > The suggestion to have a list of PUGs over training could go the other
> > way too. We could say "Want a PUG?". If they do, they'll click. That is
> > of course fairly silly, but then so is "Want training?", which hides
> > anything interesting and unusual and effectively kills it. If we do that
> > I may as well pack up and just offer one course called "Training".
> >
> 
> See, to me the current training blurb is already devoid enough of content that 
> I think it is only marginally better than a direct link pointing people 
> towards the full training.  Adding in a list of PUG meetings helps highlight 
> the growing regional presence and international communities for postgres 
> around the world.  I feel this used to be accomplished by the training 
> listing, but there was so much gamesmanship between the training companies 
> that we had to mold it into it's current, less than exciting, format. I don't 
> expect that gamesmanship from the PUGS. 

Agreed.  While we need a training page, it is hard to argue we need to
show any training details on the main page.

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