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From: Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
To: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Cc: Martin Marques <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL WWW <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL Advocacy <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] One line new items
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 10:32:50 -0700
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Martin Marques wrote:
>> On Wed, 17 May 2006 10:03:26 -0700, "Joshua D. Drake" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> It is obnoxious to have PR trolls offer only a one liner with a link to
>>> another website without any context to the content beyond the title.
>> Bruce said he was in favor of a one line description, so I guess you two think the same about this. :-D
> 
> I was assuming the one-liner was actually a summary.  If this is the
> item Joshua saw, he is right, it isn't a summary:
> 
> 	http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.554
> 
> I do prefer one-line summaries of press releases because the press
> release usually has the interesting information so buried in the text.
> 

Yes that is the one I saw. To me it should be there. If it said:


EnterpriseDB Boosts Partner Program Roster

EnterpriseDB increases partner by 7 new development, sales, (whatever) 
partners, they are ...

For more information on EnterpriseDBs partner program click here.

For the full release click here..

I would be o.k. with it, because it offers actual context and some content.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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