Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DBB764FCCF for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:22:12 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 11731-06 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:22:08 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-159.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 874C164FCCE for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:22:07 -0300 (ADT) Received: from jd-laptop (or-69-34-217-90.sta.embarqhsd.net [69.34.217.90]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m8HNPBaM025258 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:25:14 -0700 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:23:41 -0700 From: Joshua Drake To: Josh Berkus Cc: pgsql-www@postgresql.org, Tom Lane , Chander Ganesan , Andrew Sullivan , Dave Page Subject: Re: Download links Message-ID: <20080917162341.1cb55f94@jd-laptop> In-Reply-To: <200809171538.29529.josh@agliodbs.com> References: <937d27e10808110203l790a9c3eud97fdde42f70b92f@mail.gmail.com> <48D181EC.3040204@otg-nc.com> <223.1221690305@sss.pgh.pa.us> <200809171538.29529.josh@agliodbs.com> Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (lists.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.159]); Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:25:17 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200809/107 X-Sequence-Number: 15816 On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:38:29 -0700 Josh Berkus wrote: > All, > > > I tend to find this a bit misleading: both the front page and the > > linked-to pages give the impression that you are being pointed to > > community-supplied binaries. With all due respect to Dave, I agree > > that having to fork over identifying information to EDB is not > > something I want people to think the community is pushing. > > Well, I can see two solutions: > (1) EDB stops collecting the information on community redirects, or > (2) we move it to a section clearly labelled as "commercial > distributors". > > (2) has the advantage that, should *more* commercial distributors > show up, we have a place to put them. I think there is some confusion here. EDB does not require collection of any data to download the software. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ United States PostgreSQL Association: http://www.postgresql.us/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate