On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Vince Vielhaber wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > Marc G. Fournier writes:
> > >
> > > > It isn't, but those working on -advocacy were asked to help come up with a
> > > > stronger release *announcement* then we've had in the past ...
> > >
> > > Consider that a failed experiment. PostgreSQL is driven by the
> > > development group and, to some extent, by the existing user base. The
> > > last thing we need is a marketing department in that mix.
> >
> > Peter, I understand your perspective, but I think you are in the
> > minority on this one.
>
> Kinda depends who you're asking now, doesn't it? I happen to agree with
> him, but as long as you're only going to involve a selected few in the
> opinion gathering you can pretty much get the answer you want to get. I
> can survey 100 people and get the opposite result putting you in the
> minority.
Me, I think Peter went to the 'far left', while the press release went to
the 'far right' (or vice versa) ... i think Tom sum'd it up best that we
should have had one for each 'market' we were trying to address ...
definitely something to keep in mind and strive for for the next release
...