Received: from makus.postgresql.org (makus.postgresql.org [98.129.198.125]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65B2D1288B2A for ; Wed, 1 Feb 2012 05:41:09 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail-tul01m020-f174.google.com ([209.85.214.174]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RsWge-0000tU-OM for pgsql-www@postgresql.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:41:09 +0000 Received: by obcva7 with SMTP id va7so1051258obc.19 for ; Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:40:56 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.231.7 with SMTP id tc7mr38736715obc.29.1328089256475; Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:40:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.60.6.227 with HTTP; Wed, 1 Feb 2012 01:40:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F26DA5D.7040808@agliodbs.com> References: <96e5156e36277877d18484a5148ad516@biglumber.com> <4F26DA5D.7040808@agliodbs.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:40:56 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Planet posting policy From: Dave Page To: Josh Berkus Cc: pgsql-www@postgresql.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-Archive-Number: 201202/2 X-Sequence-Number: 20485 On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: > >> I think that blog post itself is a very good example of content we >> *don't* necessarily want on planet. > > See, while for me it's exactly the kind of post I think *should* be > included. =A0Because I'm a working consultant, I'm interested in what the > various commercial forks can do for my customers, and as a PostgreSQL > hacker I'm interested in what the various commercial tools tell us about > our users. =A0As long as it's not press releases. Right - and we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that Planet isn't their primarily for us; it's there for the users. Some of them probably only want to know about PostgreSQL itself, whilst others will certainly be interested in the entire eco-system around PostgreSQL. In just about every other aspect of what we do, we encourage input and content from commercial and OSS product vendors alike, both about their products and because they're vendors we're happy to be associated with; news, events, announcements, press quotes, the product catalogue etc. etc. Planet is the only exception to this I can think of. --=20 Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company