Re: Fast Forward (fwd)
От | Mitch Vincent |
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Тема | Re: Fast Forward (fwd) |
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Msg-id | 00d301c0c5ce$47593f60$0200000a@windows обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: Fast Forward (fwd) (The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>) |
Список | pgsql-hackers |
To top it all off, their comments are broken -- I submitted mine and it displays Marc's again (until you click on the link of course).. *sigh* they must be using MySQL. :-) -Mitch ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Hermit Hacker" <scrappy@hub.org> To: <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 10:44 AM Subject: Re: Fast Forward (fwd) > On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Nathan Myers wrote: > > > This is probably a good time to point out that this is the _worst_ > > _possible_ response to erroneous reportage. The perception by readers > > will not be that the reporter failed, but that PostgreSQL advocates > > are rabid weasels who don't appreciate favorable attention, and are > > favorable attention?? > > > dangerous to write anything about. You can bet this reporter and her > > editor will treat the topic very circumspectly (i.e. avoid it) in the > > future. > > woo hoo, if that is the result, then I think Vince did us a great service, > not dis-service ... > > > Most reporters are ignorant, most reporters are lazy, and many are > > both. It's part of the job description. Getting angry about it is > > like getting angry at birds for fouling their cage. Their job is to > > regurgitate what they're given, and quickly. They have no time to > > learn the depths, or to write coherently about it, or even to check > > facts. > > Out of all the articles on PgSQL that I've read over the years, this one > should have been shot before it hit the paper (so to say) ... it was the > most blatantly inaccurate article I've ever read ... > > > It will be harder than the original mailings, but I urge each who > > wrote to write again and apologize for attacking her. > > In a way, I think you are right .. I think the attack was aimed at the > wrong ppl :( She obviously didn't get *any* of her information from ppl > that belong *in* the Pg community, or that have any knowledge of how it > works, or of its history :( > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly >
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