X-Original-To: pgsql-advocacy-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7EB19FA372 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:29:23 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 79955-01 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:29:18 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from svr4.postgresql.org (svr4.postgresql.org [66.98.251.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CA779F9AFD for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:29:17 -0300 (ADT) Received: from pobox.globalherald.net (pobox.octoberridge.com [192.122.208.6]) by svr4.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4CBB5B65A0 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 15:29:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pobox.octoberridge.com (pobox.octoberridge.com [192.122.208.6]) by pobox.globalherald.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAA541C2E7 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:29:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 11:29:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Joshua Kramer X-X-Sender: josh@localhost.localdomain To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Toward A Positive Marketing Approach. In-Reply-To: <20060519145949.GY64371@pervasive.com> Message-ID: References: <446CD9F3.9020100@sourceview.com> <20060518204623.GQ26910@varlena.com> <20060519145949.GY64371@pervasive.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/88 X-Sequence-Number: 9027 > it's what ISPs provide. Since it's so hard to get ISPs that support > PostgreSQL, more people develop using MySQL, driving demand, etc. I talk > to probably 1 person a month that would love to develop some application > using PostgreSQL but can't because their ISP (or their customer's ISP) > doesn't support it. Here's another idea: why not find and promote webhosts who support Postgres? That might be another tool we can use, to direct people to ISP's who support it... http://www.jtl.net is one (though I have no experience with them). It's not as if it's hard to support Postgres in a web hosting environment... Cheers, -Josh