Re: announcements regarding tools

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От Bruce Momjian
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Msg-id 201107200100.p6K10jb10063@momjian.us
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Ответ на Re: announcements regarding tools  (Leif Biberg Kristensen <leif@solumslekt.org>)
Ответы Re: announcements regarding tools  (Greg Smith <greg@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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Leif Biberg Kristensen wrote:
> On Tuesday 19. July 2011 18.44.46 Scott Ribe wrote:
> > I'm not sure to whom this specifically should be addressed, but something
> > that's been bugging me for a while: announcements like this morning's
> > "AnySQL Maestro 11.7 released", where the announcement mentions nothing
> > about platform support. And it's not just the lack of that info in
> > announcements; on many web sites you have to dig for a while to find info
> > about platform support, and I do not enjoy finding what looks like a nice
> > tool, only to have to spend 5-10 minutes to figure out that it is Windows
> > only.
> >
> > My suggestion: all such announcements should include information about
> > supported platforms. Any announcement submitted without that info should
> > be rejected, and the vendor instructed to add it before re-submission.
>
> I totally agree. In particular, Windows users seems to think that everybody
> else is using their platform, much as right-handers seem to unconsciously deny
> the existence of left-handers.
>
> The corollary being that if the announcement doesn't explicitly say otherwise,
> you can assume with about 99% confidence that the touted product is Windoze
> only.

We have the same problem with people posting to pgsql-jobs where they
don't mention the location of the job.  I usually email the people
privately about this.

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