On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 10:29:44AM -0600, Little, Douglas wrote: > Louis, > Interesting discussion. Always fun to think about real world stuff.
Indeed. > We have a similar problem for comparing hotel rooms. > So the issue is that you aren't originating the data, just classifying it. > I'd move toward a scheme where you reclassify the line marketing speak > to common lay terms. You're trying to help consumers compare. > Exactly what the marketers don't want them to do. I'm leaning towards exactly that: letting the data settle, spot overlap and general trends, reclassify. > After all a silk purse is just a sow's ear without marketing. > :) True but cruise customers buy into that marketing and insist on those slight distinctions between almost identical cabins. It's all a question of status and it's what cruise lines sell. Thanks, -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql