X-Original-To: pgsql-advocacy-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D550DD1B4DA for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:37:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 37923-08 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 18:37:23 -0400 (AST) Received: from php.gurugeek.org (unknown [213.174.166.198]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AFB4D1B4BE for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 18:37:15 -0400 (AST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by php.gurugeek.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48DAC1C4902 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 23:33:45 +0100 (CET) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v609) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <8422AA0A-5DAB-11D8-99A9-000A95EB456A@dotgeek.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org From: David Costa Subject: PHP/Postgresql Advocacy Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 23:33:44 +0100 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.609) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200402/105 X-Sequence-Number: 3676 Hello Everyone! my name is David Costa and I am the operator of a not for profit website, dotgeek.org (http://dotgeek.org). This is not my main occupation. I am a full time Professor in a private graduate college here in Switzerland and a direct contributor to PHP via Pear http://pear.php.net/user/gurugeek Dotgeek is focusing on PHP Development and Free Open Source PHP Certification. Just today we started to host an official mirror of postgresql and I am extremely trilled by the array of possible advocacy toward PHP developers. I have a number of plans for postgresql advocacy: - we will host a regular column on PHP/Postgresql development on dotgeek.org These articles and tutorials will increase the public awareness of PHP Developers on using postgresql with php development. In my humble opinion the general adoption of mysql by phpdevelopers is partially justified by the short learning curve and little awareness on how to configure and use postgresql for php development. - Whilst the site is not for profit we will gladly add a text link to donate something to the postgresql project if the visitors like what we do/provide. All donations will link directly to your donation page. - We regularly host PHP programming marathons (next one in April sponsored by Zend, PHPArch, and The Kompany) and we would be glad to buy some promotional materials from your site (e.g. t-shirts) and add them as prizes in our contest. I would really be glad to be part of your advocacy team. My first language is Italian so should you need some help with the manual translations, let me know. I look forward to a long term volunteer cooperation! Thanks again for providing the best relational database!! Best Regards David Costa P.S. side note: I write frequently on several mailing list. Would it be possible, for advocacy purposes, to have an email alias (forward) @postgresql.org ? Sorry if this might sound a bit odd, but (as you can see) I am really enthusiast about postgresql.