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Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 08:59:43 -0700
From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
Organization: Command Prompt, Inc.
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To: Joshua Kramer <josh@bitbuckets.com>
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Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Toward A Positive Marketing Approach.
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Joshua Kramer wrote:
> 
>> it's what ISPs provide. Since it's so hard to get ISPs that support
>> PostgreSQL, more people develop using MySQL, driving demand, etc. I talk
>> to probably 1 person a month that would love to develop some application
>> using PostgreSQL but can't because their ISP (or their customer's ISP)
>> doesn't support it.
> 
> Here's another idea: why not find and promote webhosts who support 
> Postgres?  That might be another tool we can use, to direct people to 
> ISP's who support it...
> 
> http://www.jtl.net is one (though I have no experience with them).
> 
> It's not as if it's hard to support Postgres in a web hosting 
> environment...

We have a whole list on the website of postgresql hosting providers.

Joshua D. Drake


> 
> Cheers,
> -Josh
> 
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