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Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 11:33:32 +0300
From: Alexey Borzov <borz_off@cs.msu.su>
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To: Dave Page <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Another update on 'portal'
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Hi!

Dave Page wrote:
>>Well, my attitude worked once again! I didn't receive any 
>>real comments for my previous mail without "the attitude":
>>http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-www/2004-02/msg00046.php
> 
> 
> Not really as your previous email is already flagged for followup I just
> hadn't got to it until today.

Well, it took you almost a week *not* to answer to the previous --- polite --- 
email and less than an hour to answer to the current one. See my point?

I consulted the pgsql-www archives and looked at some other lists and have seen 
*lots* of polite website suggestions safely and comfortably ignored.

Thus the srategy of writing politely definitely does not work with PostgreSQL 
website team, and I see no real reason to pursue it. BTW, I am a post-graduate, 
writing a thesis on differential games. This deals with selecting the strategy 
that works in the situation of uncertainty (one possible source of uncertainty 
is the actions of other players who may have completely different objectives).