On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Philip Warner wrote: > At 05:48 PM 4/12/2002 -0800, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > >Lack of marketing is one of Postgres's major problems. > > What are the consequences of the problem?
Well, I'd have to say the major one is a difficult in increasing our user base, as ppl like MySQL are making sure they are heard whenever they add something new that we've had for years ... > If that is what we want, then fine. But I don't want to see any part of > the development effort distorted or the existing user base > inconvenienced in an effort to purely gain that market share. I usually > associate increased marketing with decreased quality, and I think the > causality works *both* ways. That is what we want, and the efforts in no way are meant to undermine/distort anything ... go to archives.postgresql.org and read through the threads to get a feel ... its not a closed/hidden list by any means ... ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html