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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:21:28 -0700
From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
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To: Greg Smith <greg@2ndQuadrant.com>
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Subject: Re: Planet posting policy
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On 04/17/2012 02:01 PM, Greg Smith wrote:
>
> On 04/17/2012 04:10 AM, Dave Page wrote:
>> It's interesting that you think that's possible. I've thus far refused
>> requests from our marketing department to do exactly at as I thought
>> it would certainly be a violation of the policy. I'm not convinced it
>> wouldn't be even now, but it's interesting to know you might find
>> something acceptable.
>
> I would think this format would work:
>
> -What things do people like to monitor/manage on their Postgres database?
> -Quick intro to what the free tools can do [pgAdmin III, Munin, etc.]
> -Discussion of the things that PEM provides
>
> If people walk away having learned something about monitoring and tools
> for PostgreSQL in general, I'd consider that a useful article meeting
> the standard I suggested here--"information provided would be of some
> use even to people who have no interest in the commercial product
> mentioned"--even if it ended with a discussion of how PEM aims to solve
> those problems.
>

As would I.

JD

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