From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> |
Cc: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, Anastasios Hatzis <ahatzis(at)gmx(dot)net> |
Subject: | Re: Updated Press Release Draft |
Date: | 2006-09-22 14:13:36 |
Message-ID: | 200609221413.k8MEDaD07842@momjian.us |
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Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > > Uh, Dtrace only works on one, at best two platforms. That
> > doesn't
> > > make it a very significant feature.
> >
> > I'm talking about from a press perspective. DTrace has gotten a
> > lot of ink lately, and is effectively a "buzzword" reporters on the
> > tech beat will recognize.
>
> Really? I was just about to comment that "nobody except insiders really
> know what DTrace is".. Are you sure you're not reading internal Sun
> magazines? ;-)
>
> FWIW, a quick search at swedens largest tech-news/press-release site
> shows up *a single* hit for DTrace this year. It's the press release for
> WSJs award they received.
> FYI, a postgresql search for the same time gives 20.
>
> If I search a different "business news" (not-just-tech-news-but-some)
> site, I don't get any hits at all.
Ditto. From my experience, the people who talk about DTrace most are
Sun employees. In fact, I think they take training to find out how to
work DTrace into every conversation. :-)
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Bruce Momjian bruce(at)momjian(dot)us
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