On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 17:00 +0100, Greg Stark wrote: > On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 4:29 AM, Sergio A. Kessler > <sergiokess...@gmail.com> wrote: > > on every single planet of the universe, except the one called > > "postgrearth", whose inhabitants breathe sql and eat messages from > > postgresql mailing lists... :-) > > > > most people I know, think 8.1 is just 8.0 with some fixes... > > Really? is Linux 2.6 just 2.5 with some fixes? Glibc 2.Was Windows 3.5 > just 3.4 with some fixes? Gnome 2.28 just 2.27 with some fixes?
Thank you for this. It validates something that has been nagging me. Do you really think the majority of users even know what kernel they are running? They don't. They know they are running Ubuntu or Fedora. They probably know the version but they have no idea what version of the kernel that is being run. PostgreSQL is a user space project. Yes we have a solid core of -hackers but our wider use is a place where hackers don't exist. User space developers do. I.e; PHP people. Reminder, there was no Windows 3.4 or Windows 3.5. Yes it does matter. There was: 3.1x 3.11 for Workgroups Windows NT 3.1 Windows NT 3.5 Windows NT 4.0 (I am ignoring ME) Windows XP There was *NEVER* a Windows NT 4.0.x, there was Windows NT 4.0 SP2. The semantics are important. People mock Microsoft but except for some notable blunders (Windows ME, splurt) they are very, very good at getting mind share. > Here is the Gnome project's description of what's new in 2.28 (over > 2.26, the previous public release): Gnome is a bad example. People barely know if at all they are running Gnome. They are running Ubuntu. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering http://twitter.com/cmdpromptinc | http://identi.ca/commandprompt -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
