Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Robert Treat writes: > > > I think we've already shown why it doesn't hurt to market to the > > converted. I'll add that if you compare the 7.2 press release with the > > 7.3 press release, you'll see none of the technical content was removed. > > Compare the 7.3 release notes, written for the most part by Bruce > Momjian and revised by a couple of other developers, to the "press > release", written by people who were obviously ill-informed.
<snip for brevity> So does this mean that you are volunteering to proofread the next marketing announcement? I would wager that only a PostgreSQL developer (such as yourself) could have picked out the inconsistencies that you were able to find. The press release might have seemed "obviously ill-informed" to you, but it seemed just fine to me, and I can guarantee you that I am at least an order of magnitude more informed about PostgreSQL than the average manager. The difference between the press release and the Release Notes is the intended audience. The folks that the press release is aimed at probably don't have any idea that SQL 92 is obsolete, or that internationalization has been supported for years. Chances are good that they will skim over the new features entirely. What *is* important to these people, however, are the customer testimonials at the beginning of the press release and the list of happy customers at the end. Once management has read the press release they can ask their developers to read the Release Notes. Press releases don't supercede Release Notes, they complement them. The difference between the 7.3 Release Notes and the press release is that I could give the press release to my boss. PostgreSQL desperately needs marketing help. In fact, at this point I would say that PostgreSQL needs more marketing help than it needs development work. Technically PostgreSQL is clearly a winner, but despite its myriad features and impressive performance PostgreSQL is still not being deployed nearly as much as it *should* be. The team that has been assembled to market PostgreSQL has some fairly impressive credentials. They are certainly *much* better than what you would expect considering how much they are getting paid :). In short, if you want to help the folks writing the press releases, then that's fine and dandy. But if all you want to do is throw rocks at the people doing the marketing, then that's another story altogether. Jason Earl ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster