Обсуждение: French Prime Minister loves PostgreSQL
Hipster developpers are not the only one to praise PostgreSQL. The French Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, just sent a letter to every agency of the French administration to urge them to use more free software : http://circulaire.legifrance.gouv.fr/pdf/2012/09/cir_35837.pdf on page 17, you can read : « Favoriser la migration des bases propriétaires vers des bases libres, en particulier PostgreSQL. » Which can be translated as : « Promote the migration from proprietary databases to free databases , especially PostgreSQL. » Can it be any clearer ? This is not a big surprise for people working in the French PostgreSQL community. It's a well known fact that PostgreSQL is making its way into the French gouverment agencies and that huge migrations are coming. However this is the first time we see such an an official statement. We've been waiting for it for many years, and this letter overcomes our expectations. I think this letter is a tremendous weapon for anyone trying to advocate PostgreSQL to governement agencies around the world. I will try to start a translation of the document in wiki, if any other french-speaking guy wants to help here, let me know ! Regards, -- damien clochard
On 22 September 2012 12:58, damien clochard <damien@dalibo.info> wrote: > > Hipster developpers are not the only one to praise PostgreSQL. The > French Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, just sent a letter to every > agency of the French administration to urge them to use more free software : > > http://circulaire.legifrance.gouv.fr/pdf/2012/09/cir_35837.pdf > > on page 17, you can read : > > « Favoriser la migration des bases propriétaires vers des bases > libres, en particulier PostgreSQL. » > > Which can be translated as : > > « Promote the migration from proprietary databases to free databases > , especially PostgreSQL. » > > Can it be any clearer ? > > This is not a big surprise for people working in the French PostgreSQL > community. It's a well known fact that PostgreSQL is making its way into > the French gouverment agencies and that huge migrations are coming. > > However this is the first time we see such an an official statement. > We've been waiting for it for many years, and this letter overcomes our > expectations. > > I think this letter is a tremendous weapon for anyone trying to advocate > PostgreSQL to governement agencies around the world. I will try to start > a translation of the document in wiki, if any other french-speaking guy > wants to help here, let me know ! Thanks for sharing Damien. Great to see support from the French government. -- Thom
Damien, Wow, great work! I know this is largely due to the terrific work you guys in PostgreSQL.FR have been doing to promote Postgres there. Thanks so much, and keep it up. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com
On 09/22/2012 10:08 AM, Josh Berkus wrote: > Damien, > > Wow, great work! > > I know this is largely due to the terrific work you guys in > PostgreSQL.FR have been doing to promote Postgres there. Thanks so > much, and keep it up. > +1 -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@gmail.com
Ciao Damien, Il 22/09/12 13:58, damien clochard ha scritto: > on page 17, you can read : > > « Favoriser la migration des bases propriétaires vers des bases > libres, en particulier PostgreSQL. » That is absolutely FANTASTIC! > I think this letter is a tremendous weapon for anyone trying to advocate > PostgreSQL to governement agencies around the world. I will try to start > a translation of the document in wiki, if any other french-speaking guy > wants to help here, let me know ! I agree, it could be a milestone for similar attempts, especially in European countries. Cheers, Gabriele -- Gabriele Bartolini - 2ndQuadrant Italia PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support gabriele.bartolini@2ndQuadrant.it | www.2ndQuadrant.it
... and now a news article: http://www.cio.com/article/717033/French_Government_Outlines_Plans_for_Free_Software_Adoption -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com
Le 22/09/2012 13:58, damien clochard a écrit : > > Hipster developpers are not the only one to praise PostgreSQL. The > French Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, just sent a letter to every > agency of the French administration to urge them to use more free software : > > http://circulaire.legifrance.gouv.fr/pdf/2012/09/cir_35837.pdf > > [...] > > I think this letter is a tremendous weapon for anyone trying to advocate > PostgreSQL to governement agencies around the world. I will try to start > a translation of the document in wiki, if any other french-speaking guy > wants to help here, let me know ! > Here is a Spanish translation of the document: http://garreavocat.com/GarreAvocat/PublicationsPdf/6.1LogLibreESP-FR.pdf English translation is still a work in progress... People who want to help the translation effort can contribute directly on this page: http://pad.april.org/p/translationayraultcircular -- Damien