Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TupuT-0002sn-A2 for pgsql-www@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:41:29 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TupuS-00080Z-B0 for pgsql-www@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:41:28 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([98.129.198.125]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TupuR-00080U-P0 for pgsql-www@postgresql.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:41:27 +0000 Received: from 30.55.colo.spiretech.net ([69.168.55.30] helo=lists.commandprompt.com) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TupuP-0006uf-S4 for pgsql-www@postgresql.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:41:26 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.5] (spinlock.commandprompt.com [69.168.55.30]) by lists.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C3A7D4B1; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:41:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.5] ([71.95.101.172] helo=[192.168.1.5]) by assp.commandprompt.com with ESMTPS(AES256-SHA) (2.1.1); 14 Jan 2013 11:41:22 -0800 Message-ID: <50F45F4A.5@commandprompt.com> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:40:58 -0800 From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Josh Berkus CC: Simon Riggs , pgsql-www@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Sponsorship Page Country References: <50F44755.20208@agliodbs.com> <50F45B4E.5070406@agliodbs.com> In-Reply-To: <50F45B4E.5070406@agliodbs.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Assp-Version: 2.1.1(11364) on assp.commandprompt.com X-Assp-Client-SSL: yes X-Assp-ID: assp.commandprompt.com m1-92484-13074 X-Assp-Envelope-From: jd@commandprompt.com X-Assp-Intended-For: josh@agliodbs.com X-Assp-Original-Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Sponsorship Page Country X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-www Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org On 01/14/2013 11:23 AM, Josh Berkus wrote: > > >> So in order to show we have international support, we list only a few >> of the countries that we operate in? Huh. > > Sarcasm ill becomes you. > >>> The Sponsors page is also quite clear that only the HQ country of each >>> company is listed. Nobody thinks that Red Hat or Google is only in the >>> USA; your worry that people will think that 2Q is UK-only on that basis >>> is quite unfounded. >> >> I guess if it's not there for actual information purposes, then it >> would be OK to remove it? > > I would be opposed to removing it. The entire sponsors page is not > there for informational purposes: it is promotional, to show people the > breadth of corporate support which the PostgreSQL project has. Listing > the primary host countries of the various companies contributes to this, > by showing that the PostgreSQL project is not a single-country project > (as some OSS projects are). > > I agree that bringing back the PostgreSQL World Map would accomplish the > same purpose, and if someone wants to code that up, pgsql-www is there > on Git for you to get started. In the meantime, I don't agree that > anyone has demonstrated any problem with listing the sponsor's home > countries, and I feel they serve an advocacy purpose. > +1 Sincerely, JD -- Command Prompt, Inc. - http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Support, Training, Professional Services and Development High Availability, Oracle Conversion, Postgres-XC @cmdpromptinc - 509-416-6579 -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list (pgsql-www@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www