Received: from localhost (maia-1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C7C99FBD35 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:45:28 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 42998-05 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:45:27 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from floppy.pyrenet.fr (floppy.pyrenet.fr [194.116.145.2]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B1789FBD2D for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:45:27 -0300 (ADT) Received: by floppy.pyrenet.fr (Postfix, from userid 106) id C7FB131440; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 20:45:25 +0200 (MET DST) From: Chris Browne X-Newsgroups: pgsql.advocacy Subject: Re: EnterpriseDB Postgres Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:43:57 -0400 Organization: cbbrowne Computing Inc Lines: 25 Message-ID: <60vebpg93m.fsf@dba2.int.libertyrms.com> References: <200708081736.26564.peter_e@gmx.net> <51494DB187D98F4C88DBEBF1F5F6D423022518CA@edb06.mail01.enterprisedb.com> <200708081836.44990.peter_e@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.hub.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.4.20 (linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Yu3VZ5cwAQvznjm/icIN7B5e1Ss= To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200708/164 X-Sequence-Number: 11734 peter_e@gmx.net (Peter Eisentraut) writes: > Am Mittwoch, 8. August 2007 18:11 schrieb Derek Rodner: >> While the wording of the press release is cause for concern in the >> community because of "first-ever" and "professional grade", we need to >> do this for marketing purposes.  If we had said "EnterpriseDB releases >> yet another PostgreSQL distribution" then no one would cover it. > > Well, at least you are admitting that you are not telling the truth. > > I will suggest, however, that knowingly wrong material should not be posted on > the postgresql.org web site any longer. How about we leave it thus... It *is* true to say that this is the first professional grade release of _EnterpriseDB PostgreSQL_. It may be that they'll discover improvements that can be made to it to make it "even more professional," at which point they could rename it _EnterpriseDB PostgreSQL Pro_ and have another press release... -- let name="cbbrowne" and tld="linuxfinances.info" in String.concat "@" [name;tld];; http://www3.sympatico.ca/cbbrowne/emacs.html Ubuntu is an ancient African word, meaning "can't configure Debian"