Re: Google ads gripe

From: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, PostgreSQL WWW Mailing List <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Google ads gripe
Date: 2004-10-05 18:33:54
Message-ID: 20041005153302.P64321@ganymede.hub.org
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On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>> On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Dave Page wrote:
>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I'm sure it's paying for some of the infrastructure, I'm slightly
>>> concerned that virtually every page I visit on Gborg or Archives is
>>> trying to sell me pgsqlmanager or some other commercial PostgreSQL
>>> product, whilst all the ads for pgAdmin and other FOSS tools and
>>> products are now gone.
>>>
>>> Whilst I'm sure pgsqlmanager is all very nice, it does leave Open Source
>>> tools somewhat out in the dark and will might well leave people thinking
>>> that the DB server is free, but then we sting them for any tools.
>>>
>>> Or is this just me being unfairly biased?
>>
>> You being unfairly biased ... whenever I go, I see CommandPrompt as being
>> the hosting solution *shrug*
>
> I kind of like the ads myself. It shows project activity.

IMHO, it not only shows project activity, but it shows commercial
involvement in the sense of support tools ...

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