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Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 10:32:50 -0700
From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
Organization: Command Prompt, Inc.
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To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
CC: Martin Marques <martin@bugs.unl.edu.ar>,
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	PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] One line new items
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Martin Marques wrote:
>> On Wed, 17 May 2006 10:03:26 -0700, "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> 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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