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* Google ads gripe
@ 2004-10-05 15:49 Dave Page <[email protected]>
  2004-10-05 18:09 ` Re: Google ads gripe Marc G. Fournier <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread

From: Dave Page @ 2004-10-05 15:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-www

Hi guys,

I'm sure it's paying for some of the infrastructure, I'm slightly
concerned that virtually every page I visit on Gborg or Archives is
trying to sell me pgsqlmanager or some other commercial PostgreSQL
product, whilst all the ads for pgAdmin and other FOSS tools and
products are now gone.

Whilst I'm sure pgsqlmanager is all very nice, it does leave Open Source
tools somewhat out in the dark and will might well leave people thinking
that the DB server is free, but then we sting them for any tools.

Or is this just me being unfairly biased?

Regards, Dave



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* Re: Google ads gripe
  2004-10-05 15:49 Google ads gripe Dave Page <[email protected]>
@ 2004-10-05 18:09 ` Marc G. Fournier <[email protected]>
  2004-10-05 18:14   ` Re: Google ads gripe Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread

From: Marc G. Fournier @ 2004-10-05 18:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Dave Page <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-www

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Dave Page wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I'm sure it's paying for some of the infrastructure, I'm slightly
> concerned that virtually every page I visit on Gborg or Archives is
> trying to sell me pgsqlmanager or some other commercial PostgreSQL
> product, whilst all the ads for pgAdmin and other FOSS tools and
> products are now gone.
>
> Whilst I'm sure pgsqlmanager is all very nice, it does leave Open Source
> tools somewhat out in the dark and will might well leave people thinking
> that the DB server is free, but then we sting them for any tools.
>
> Or is this just me being unfairly biased?

You being unfairly biased ... whenever I go, I see CommandPrompt as being 
the hosting solution *shrug*

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Email: [email protected]           Yahoo!: yscrappy              ICQ: 7615664



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* Re: Google ads gripe
  2004-10-05 15:49 Google ads gripe Dave Page <[email protected]>
  2004-10-05 18:09 ` Re: Google ads gripe Marc G. Fournier <[email protected]>
@ 2004-10-05 18:14   ` Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
  2004-10-05 18:33     ` Re: Google ads gripe Marc G. Fournier <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread

From: Bruce Momjian @ 2004-10-05 18:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Marc G. Fournier <[email protected]>; +Cc: Dave Page <[email protected]>; pgsql-www

Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Dave Page wrote:
> 
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I'm sure it's paying for some of the infrastructure, I'm slightly
> > concerned that virtually every page I visit on Gborg or Archives is
> > trying to sell me pgsqlmanager or some other commercial PostgreSQL
> > product, whilst all the ads for pgAdmin and other FOSS tools and
> > products are now gone.
> >
> > Whilst I'm sure pgsqlmanager is all very nice, it does leave Open Source
> > tools somewhat out in the dark and will might well leave people thinking
> > that the DB server is free, but then we sting them for any tools.
> >
> > Or is this just me being unfairly biased?
> 
> You being unfairly biased ... whenever I go, I see CommandPrompt as being 
> the hosting solution *shrug*

I kind of like the ads myself.  It shows project activity.

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* Re: Google ads gripe
  2004-10-05 15:49 Google ads gripe Dave Page <[email protected]>
  2004-10-05 18:09 ` Re: Google ads gripe Marc G. Fournier <[email protected]>
  2004-10-05 18:14   ` Re: Google ads gripe Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
@ 2004-10-05 18:33     ` Marc G. Fournier <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread

From: Marc G. Fournier @ 2004-10-05 18:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>; +Cc: Marc G. Fournier <[email protected]>; Dave Page <[email protected]>; pgsql-www

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>> On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Dave Page wrote:
>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I'm sure it's paying for some of the infrastructure, I'm slightly
>>> concerned that virtually every page I visit on Gborg or Archives is
>>> trying to sell me pgsqlmanager or some other commercial PostgreSQL
>>> product, whilst all the ads for pgAdmin and other FOSS tools and
>>> products are now gone.
>>>
>>> Whilst I'm sure pgsqlmanager is all very nice, it does leave Open Source
>>> tools somewhat out in the dark and will might well leave people thinking
>>> that the DB server is free, but then we sting them for any tools.
>>>
>>> Or is this just me being unfairly biased?
>>
>> You being unfairly biased ... whenever I go, I see CommandPrompt as being
>> the hosting solution *shrug*
>
> I kind of like the ads myself.  It shows project activity.

IMHO, it not only shows project activity, but it shows commercial 
involvement in the sense of support tools ...

----
Marc G. Fournier           Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org)
Email: [email protected]           Yahoo!: yscrappy              ICQ: 7615664




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