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* Sponsorship Page Language @ 2013-01-11 15:55 Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 3 replies; 21+ messages in thread From: Jonathan S. Katz @ 2013-01-11 15:55 UTC (permalink / raw) To: pgsql-www Hello, When looking at the sponsorship page (http://www.postgresql.org/about/sponsors/) I noticed a few things regarding the language that I've attempted to clean up with this patch. The first regards the ordering of the sponsors - they are ordered randomly, not alphabetically, so I corrected the language up top. The second has to do with the language on the bottom of the page discussing the sponsorship levels and selection process. I reworded the sentences to more clearly state the purpose of the sponsorship levels are and how they are selected, maintaing a link to the guidelines on the wiki. Best, Jonathan Attachments: [application/octet-stream] 0001-Modified-text-on-sponsorship-page.patch (2.0K, 3-0001-Modified-text-on-sponsorship-page.patch) download | inline diff: From 18e973a6aba65e0a33edd1b616b7fc8d9f8804a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jonathan S. Katz" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:42:10 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Modified text on sponsorship page --- templates/sponsors/sponsors.html | 20 ++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/templates/sponsors/sponsors.html b/templates/sponsors/sponsors.html index 88b5dfc..0cabce1 100644 --- a/templates/sponsors/sponsors.html +++ b/templates/sponsors/sponsors.html @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <h1>Sponsors</h1> <p><span class="txtMediumGrey">The following is a categorized list of significant sponsors to PostgreSQL. -Sponsors are listed in alphabetical order within each section, with just the location of the head office +Sponsors are display in no particular order within each section, with just the location of the head office for each company shown. </span></p> @@ -34,17 +34,13 @@ for each company shown. </div> <div class="tblBasic"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tblBasicGrey"> -<tr class="lastrow"> -<th colspan="3">Sponsorship levels are meant to provide the general public and idea of how levels are determined. - They are not set in stone and all sponsorship recognition shall be determined on its own merits by the - <a href="http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Sponsoring">Sponsorship Committee</a> as determined by a simple majority vote. -</th> - -</tr> - -</table> - + <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tblBasicGrey"> + <tr class="lastrow"> + <th colspan="3"> + Sponsorship levels are meant to demonstrate the overall contributions of various organizations to PostgreSQL. All sponsorship recognition is determined by a majority vote from the <a href="http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Sponsoring">Sponsorship Committee</a> using following <a href="http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Sponsoring">these guidelines</a>. + </th> + </tr> + </table> </div> {%endblock%} -- 1.7.9.6 (Apple Git-31.1) ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Language @ 2013-01-11 15:57 Thom Brown <[email protected]> parent: Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]> 2 siblings, 0 replies; 21+ messages in thread From: Thom Brown @ 2013-01-11 15:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-www On 11 January 2013 15:55, Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > > When looking at the sponsorship page ( > http://www.postgresql.org/about/sponsors/) I noticed a few things > regarding the language that I've attempted to clean up with this patch. > > The first regards the ordering of the sponsors - they are ordered > randomly, not alphabetically, so I corrected the language up top. > > The second has to do with the language on the bottom of the page > discussing the sponsorship levels and selection process. I reworded the > sentences to more clearly state the purpose of the sponsorship levels are > and how they are selected, maintaing a link to the guidelines on the wiki. > s/Sponsors are display/Sponsors are displayed/ s/using following/following/ although perhaps "in accordance with" -- Thom ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Language @ 2013-01-11 16:02 Dave Page <[email protected]> parent: Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]> 2 siblings, 2 replies; 21+ messages in thread From: Dave Page @ 2013-01-11 16:02 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-www Hi On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > When looking at the sponsorship page > (http://www.postgresql.org/about/sponsors/) I noticed a few things regarding > the language that I've attempted to clean up with this patch. > > The first regards the ordering of the sponsors - they are ordered randomly, > not alphabetically, so I corrected the language up top. I would think a better option would be to fix the ordering so the page works as intended. > The second has to do with the language on the bottom of the page discussing > the sponsorship levels and selection process. I reworded the sentences to > more clearly state the purpose of the sponsorship levels are and how they > are selected, maintaing a link to the guidelines on the wiki. The wording there was pretty carefully chosen after a long discussion in the sponsor committee, so it shouldn't be changed on a whim. That said, I don't actually think your wording is an improvement (though, I may be biased as if memory serves I wrote that's there now). -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Language @ 2013-01-11 16:06 Magnus Hagander <[email protected]> parent: Dave Page <[email protected]> 1 sibling, 1 reply; 21+ messages in thread From: Magnus Hagander @ 2013-01-11 16:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dave Page <[email protected]>; +Cc: Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]>; pgsql-www On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Dave Page <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Jonathan S. Katz > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> When looking at the sponsorship page >> (http://www.postgresql.org/about/sponsors/) I noticed a few things regarding >> the language that I've attempted to clean up with this patch. >> >> The first regards the ordering of the sponsors - they are ordered randomly, >> not alphabetically, so I corrected the language up top. > > I would think a better option would be to fix the ordering so the page > works as intended. We specifically changed that *from* alphabetical *to* random back in September. After a discussion between you and me. We (I, I guess) just forgot to change the label.. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Language @ 2013-01-11 16:08 Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]> parent: Dave Page <[email protected]> 1 sibling, 1 reply; 21+ messages in thread From: Jonathan S. Katz @ 2013-01-11 16:08 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dave Page <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-www On Jan 11, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Dave Page wrote: > Hi > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Jonathan S. Katz > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> When looking at the sponsorship page >> (http://www.postgresql.org/about/sponsors/) I noticed a few things regarding >> the language that I've attempted to clean up with this patch. >> >> The first regards the ordering of the sponsors - they are ordered randomly, >> not alphabetically, so I corrected the language up top. > > I would think a better option would be to fix the ordering so the page > works as intended. I discussed with Magnus off-list about that prior to submitting the page, he suggested to change the wording > >> The second has to do with the language on the bottom of the page discussing >> the sponsorship levels and selection process. I reworded the sentences to >> more clearly state the purpose of the sponsorship levels are and how they >> are selected, maintaing a link to the guidelines on the wiki. > > The wording there was pretty carefully chosen after a long discussion > in the sponsor committee, so it shouldn't be changed on a whim. That > said, I don't actually think your wording is an improvement (though, I > may be biased as if memory serves I wrote that's there now). Typo aside in the original text, reading through it did not make sense: "Sponsorship levels are meant to provide the general public an idea of how levels are determined." From that I glean that sponsorship levels tell me how sponsorship levels are determined. Um...? That said I understand that there was thought that went into the wording, particularly on the Wiki, thus I do not intend to throw everything out "on a whim," but that sentence is not clear at all. I've included the patch with Thom's suggestions & fixes. Jonathan Attachments: [application/octet-stream] 0001-Modified-text-on-sponsorship-page.patch (2.0K, 3-0001-Modified-text-on-sponsorship-page.patch) download | inline diff: From 346516a00716d0a96f9981fd01136e632babe192 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jonathan S. Katz" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:42:10 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Modified text on sponsorship page --- templates/sponsors/sponsors.html | 20 ++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/templates/sponsors/sponsors.html b/templates/sponsors/sponsors.html index 88b5dfc..45e6961 100644 --- a/templates/sponsors/sponsors.html +++ b/templates/sponsors/sponsors.html @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <h1>Sponsors</h1> <p><span class="txtMediumGrey">The following is a categorized list of significant sponsors to PostgreSQL. -Sponsors are listed in alphabetical order within each section, with just the location of the head office +Sponsors are displayed in no particular order within each section, with just the location of the head office for each company shown. </span></p> @@ -34,17 +34,13 @@ for each company shown. </div> <div class="tblBasic"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tblBasicGrey"> -<tr class="lastrow"> -<th colspan="3">Sponsorship levels are meant to provide the general public and idea of how levels are determined. - They are not set in stone and all sponsorship recognition shall be determined on its own merits by the - <a href="http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Sponsoring">Sponsorship Committee</a> as determined by a simple majority vote. -</th> - -</tr> - -</table> - + <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tblBasicGrey"> + <tr class="lastrow"> + <th colspan="3"> + Sponsorship levels are meant to demonstrate the overall contributions of various organizations to PostgreSQL. All sponsorship recognition is determined by a majority vote from the <a href="http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Sponsoring">Sponsorship Committee</a> in accordance with <a href="http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Sponsoring">these guidelines</a>. + </th> + </tr> + </table> </div> {%endblock%} -- 1.7.9.6 (Apple Git-31.1) ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Language @ 2013-01-11 16:14 Dave Page <[email protected]> parent: Magnus Hagander <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 21+ messages in thread From: Dave Page @ 2013-01-11 16:14 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Magnus Hagander <[email protected]>; +Cc: Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]>; pgsql-www On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Magnus Hagander <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Dave Page <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi >> >> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Jonathan S. Katz >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> When looking at the sponsorship page >>> (http://www.postgresql.org/about/sponsors/) I noticed a few things regarding >>> the language that I've attempted to clean up with this patch. >>> >>> The first regards the ordering of the sponsors - they are ordered randomly, >>> not alphabetically, so I corrected the language up top. >> >> I would think a better option would be to fix the ordering so the page >> works as intended. > > We specifically changed that *from* alphabetical *to* random back in > September. After a discussion between you and me. We (I, I guess) just > forgot to change the label.. *checks mail*. Hmm, so we did. I'd forgotten that. However, it doesn't actually seem to work very well, due to the varnish caching, which prevents it changing between refreshes, making it look disorganised rather than random (typically, I think people expect random things to change every time you view them). -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Language @ 2013-01-11 16:18 Magnus Hagander <[email protected]> parent: Dave Page <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 2 replies; 21+ messages in thread From: Magnus Hagander @ 2013-01-11 16:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dave Page <[email protected]>; +Cc: Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]>; pgsql-www On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Dave Page <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Magnus Hagander <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Dave Page <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Jonathan S. Katz >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> When looking at the sponsorship page >>>> (http://www.postgresql.org/about/sponsors/) I noticed a few things regarding >>>> the language that I've attempted to clean up with this patch. >>>> >>>> The first regards the ordering of the sponsors - they are ordered randomly, >>>> not alphabetically, so I corrected the language up top. >>> >>> I would think a better option would be to fix the ordering so the page >>> works as intended. >> >> We specifically changed that *from* alphabetical *to* random back in >> September. After a discussion between you and me. We (I, I guess) just >> forgot to change the label.. > > *checks mail*. Hmm, so we did. I'd forgotten that. However, it doesn't > actually seem to work very well, due to the varnish caching, which > prevents it changing between refreshes, making it look disorganised > rather than random (typically, I think people expect random things to > change every time you view them). It works as intended - that page has a shorter cache time to make sure they switch over reasonably often. But yeah, I guess it's not fully random. Perhaps we should just *remove* the reference to alphabetical without putting in a reference about random. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Language @ 2013-01-11 16:24 Dave Page <[email protected]> parent: Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 21+ messages in thread From: Dave Page @ 2013-01-11 16:24 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-www On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Typo aside in the original text, reading through it did not make sense: > > "Sponsorship levels are meant to provide the general public an idea of how > levels are determined." > > From that I glean that sponsorship levels tell me how sponsorship levels are > determined. Um...? Hmm, yeah - that doesn't scan so well. I'm not sure it needs a complete rewrite though - e.g. "Sponsorship colours are meant to provide the general public an idea of how levels are determined." That's still not great and could be improved. I think the important part is actually the second sentence though, as that's the bit we wanted to be clear on - and that reads OK to me. -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Language @ 2013-01-11 16:26 Dave Page <[email protected]> parent: Magnus Hagander <[email protected]> 1 sibling, 1 reply; 21+ messages in thread From: Dave Page @ 2013-01-11 16:26 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Magnus Hagander <[email protected]>; +Cc: Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]>; pgsql-www On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Magnus Hagander <[email protected]> wrote: > shorter cache time to make sure > they switch over reasonably often. But yeah, I guess it's not fully > random. Perhaps we should just *remove* the reference to alphabetical "Sponsors are listed in no particular order..."? -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Language @ 2013-01-11 16:28 Simon Riggs <[email protected]> parent: Magnus Hagander <[email protected]> 1 sibling, 1 reply; 21+ messages in thread From: Simon Riggs @ 2013-01-11 16:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Magnus Hagander <[email protected]>; +Cc: Dave Page <[email protected]>; Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]>; pgsql-www On 11 January 2013 16:18, Magnus Hagander <[email protected]> wrote: > It works as intended - that page has a shorter cache time to make sure > they switch over reasonably often. But yeah, I guess it's not fully > random. Perhaps we should just *remove* the reference to alphabetical > without putting in a reference about random. I think it would be better to say that there is no importance to the order in which they are displayed, rather than discussing the exact algorithm for placement. A rotation scheme seems easier to do fairly. Rotate each hour? We could just show the logos and place them sideways so everybody on a level. Personally, I don't see any relevance in listing a country and would like that removed. 2ndQuadrant has been doing business outside UK for 10+ years, so its somewhat disingenuous to say "UK" next to it, as if we were limited to only that locality. I hear that some other companies also do business outside of their listed country. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Language @ 2013-01-11 16:28 Simon Riggs <[email protected]> parent: Dave Page <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 21+ messages in thread From: Simon Riggs @ 2013-01-11 16:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dave Page <[email protected]>; +Cc: Magnus Hagander <[email protected]>; Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]>; pgsql-www On 11 January 2013 16:26, Dave Page <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Magnus Hagander <[email protected]> wrote: >> shorter cache time to make sure >> they switch over reasonably often. But yeah, I guess it's not fully >> random. Perhaps we should just *remove* the reference to alphabetical > > "Sponsors are listed in no particular order..."? +1 -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Language @ 2013-01-11 16:46 Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]> parent: Dave Page <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 21+ messages in thread From: Jonathan S. Katz @ 2013-01-11 16:46 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dave Page <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-www On Jan 11, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Dave Page wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Jonathan S. Katz > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Typo aside in the original text, reading through it did not make sense: >> >> "Sponsorship levels are meant to provide the general public an idea of how >> levels are determined." >> >> From that I glean that sponsorship levels tell me how sponsorship levels are >> determined. Um...? > > Hmm, yeah - that doesn't scan so well. I'm not sure it needs a > complete rewrite though - e.g. > > "Sponsorship colours are meant to provide the general public an idea > of how levels are determined." > > That's still not great and could be improved. > > I think the important part is actually the second sentence though, as > that's the bit we wanted to be clear on - and that reads OK to me. After some off-list discussion, proposal for the first sentence: "Sponsorship levels are intended to recognize the contributions organizations have made to PostgreSQL." The idea is that we're describing the purpose of sponsorship levels, that they are used to recognize organizations (whereas individuals are recognized on the contributors page), and the contributions are for PostgreSQL as a whole. Reading the second sentence further, I can see why there was debate on some of the language choices (e.g. "simple majority" vs "majority" because as we have learned, some measures take a "supermajority" to pass through some organizations). Jonathan -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Language @ 2013-01-11 23:00 Josh Berkus <[email protected]> parent: Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]> 2 siblings, 1 reply; 21+ messages in thread From: Josh Berkus @ 2013-01-11 23:00 UTC (permalink / raw) To: pgsql-www Jonathan, > The second has to do with the language on the bottom of the page discussing the > sponsorship levels and selection process. I reworded the sentences to more > clearly state the purpose of the sponsorship levels are and how they are > selected, maintaing a link to the guidelines on the wiki. Thank you for taking this on! Unfortunately, I think that your new wording is just as muddy as the previous wording. Can we use this instead? "Sponsorship levels are based on both duration and volume of code and non-code contributions to the project. The list of project sponsors every one to two years by the Sponsorship Committee<link>. If you find missing sponsors or inaccurate information on the sponsors list, please contact <mailto>" ... this will also require us to have a mailto address for people to contact. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Language @ 2013-01-12 00:08 Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]> parent: Josh Berkus <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 21+ messages in thread From: Joshua D. Drake @ 2013-01-12 00:08 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Josh Berkus <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-www On 01/11/2013 03:00 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: > > Jonathan, > >> The second has to do with the language on the bottom of the page discussing the >> sponsorship levels and selection process. I reworded the sentences to more >> clearly state the purpose of the sponsorship levels are and how they are >> selected, maintaing a link to the guidelines on the wiki. > > Thank you for taking this on! > > Unfortunately, I think that your new wording is just as muddy as the > previous wording. Can we use this instead? > > "Sponsorship levels are based on both duration and volume of code and > non-code contributions to the project. The list of project sponsors > every one to two years by the Sponsorship Committee<link>. If you find > missing sponsors or inaccurate information on the sponsors list, please > contact <mailto>" You missed a word or two in there: The list of project sponsors is reviewed approximately every years by the Sponsorship Committee<link>. > > ... this will also require us to have a mailto address for people to > contact. > -- 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 ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Country @ 2013-01-13 13:42 Dimitri Fontaine <[email protected]> parent: Simon Riggs <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 2 replies; 21+ messages in thread From: Dimitri Fontaine @ 2013-01-13 13:42 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Simon Riggs <[email protected]>; +Cc: Magnus Hagander <[email protected]>; Dave Page <[email protected]>; Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]>; pgsql-www Simon Riggs <[email protected]> writes: > Personally, I don't see any relevance in listing a country and would > like that removed. 2ndQuadrant has been doing business outside UK for > 10+ years, so its somewhat disingenuous to say "UK" next to it, as if > we were limited to only that locality. I hear that some other > companies also do business outside of their listed country. I agree that we should either remove that column of expand it to full coverage. It's harmful rather than anything else in its current form. My understanding of why this information is provided at all would be, if I had to guess, to show that we're talking about a worldwide project. Then what about making a Map, even static, with whole countries colored in the PostgreSQL logo color anywhere we have some company players. Not just the head-quarters, but active people available to hire locally. This would way more useful. Last time I had to find a world map image, I used that one: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BlankMap-World-2009.PNG I don't have the necessary skills to color it myself, please have at it (or even better, use PostGIS!) :) Regards, -- Dimitri Fontaine http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Country @ 2013-01-13 15:48 Magnus Hagander <[email protected]> parent: Dimitri Fontaine <[email protected]> 1 sibling, 0 replies; 21+ messages in thread From: Magnus Hagander @ 2013-01-13 15:48 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dimitri Fontaine <[email protected]>; +Cc: Simon Riggs <[email protected]>; Dave Page <[email protected]>; Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]>; pgsql-www On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Dimitri Fontaine <[email protected]> wrote: > Simon Riggs <[email protected]> writes: >> Personally, I don't see any relevance in listing a country and would >> like that removed. 2ndQuadrant has been doing business outside UK for >> 10+ years, so its somewhat disingenuous to say "UK" next to it, as if >> we were limited to only that locality. I hear that some other >> companies also do business outside of their listed country. > > I agree that we should either remove that column of expand it to full > coverage. It's harmful rather than anything else in its current form. I wouldn't consider it harmful. But I can agree with considering it useless. > My understanding of why this information is provided at all would be, if > I had to guess, to show that we're talking about a worldwide project. > Then what about making a Map, even static, with whole countries colored > in the PostgreSQL logo color anywhere we have some company players. Not > just the head-quarters, but active people available to hire locally. That way of showring information can definitely be more useful. But what would be interesting to plot on that map would be availability of professional services, not sponsors. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Country @ 2013-01-14 17:58 Josh Berkus <[email protected]> parent: Dimitri Fontaine <[email protected]> 1 sibling, 1 reply; 21+ messages in thread From: Josh Berkus @ 2013-01-14 17:58 UTC (permalink / raw) To: pgsql-www > My understanding of why this information is provided at all would be, if > I had to guess, to show that we're talking about a worldwide project. This is precisely the reason why that column is there -- it's to show that the PostgreSQL project has international support. It's not aimed at advertising a company's service area; if people want that, they can click on the logos, or use the Professional Services search. 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. > Then what about making a Map, even static, with whole countries colored > in the PostgreSQL logo color anywhere we have some company players. Not > just the head-quarters, but active people available to hire locally. Again, you're confusing the Professional Services page with the Sponsor page. The two serve quite different purposes. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Country @ 2013-01-14 19:10 Simon Riggs <[email protected]> parent: Josh Berkus <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 21+ messages in thread From: Simon Riggs @ 2013-01-14 19:10 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Josh Berkus <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-www On 14 January 2013 17:58, Josh Berkus <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My understanding of why this information is provided at all would be, if >> I had to guess, to show that we're talking about a worldwide project. > > This is precisely the reason why that column is there -- it's to show > that the PostgreSQL project has international support. It's not aimed > at advertising a company's service area; if people want that, they can > click on the logos, or use the Professional Services search. So in order to show we have international support, we list only a few of the countries that we operate in? Huh. > 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? As you say, if people did want to find out "service areas" they can look up the info elsewhere. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Country @ 2013-01-14 19:23 Josh Berkus <[email protected]> parent: Simon Riggs <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 2 replies; 21+ messages in thread From: Josh Berkus @ 2013-01-14 19:23 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Simon Riggs <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-www > 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. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Country @ 2013-01-14 19:40 Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]> parent: Josh Berkus <[email protected]> 1 sibling, 0 replies; 21+ messages in thread From: Joshua D. Drake @ 2013-01-14 19:40 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Josh Berkus <[email protected]>; +Cc: Simon Riggs <[email protected]>; pgsql-www 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 ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
* Re: Sponsorship Page Country @ 2013-01-14 20:12 Simon Riggs <[email protected]> parent: Josh Berkus <[email protected]> 1 sibling, 0 replies; 21+ messages in thread From: Simon Riggs @ 2013-01-14 20:12 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Josh Berkus <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-www On 14 January 2013 19:23, Josh Berkus <[email protected]> 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. I'm pointing out that your idea is flawed by illustrating it has the opposite effect to the one intended. Describing that as sarcasm isn't accurate, plus it's evading the point. >>> 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. The World Map would be fine, if you're allowed multiple pins on it. Presumably someone has checked with all of those companies to see where they are actually officially headquartered? -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 21+ messages in thread
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