Re: [hypothetical product] support of PostgreSQL

On Jul 29, 2013, at 12:40 PM, alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com wrote:

> People,
>
> We just got a post to pgsql-announce like this:
>
>> [SnakeOil] is planning to add support of PostgreSQL to the [SnakeOil] Engine
>> product, and could use the help and expertise of people within the Postgres
>> community to ensure that we are building a product that works well for
>> Postgres environments.
>>
>> Customers use [SnakeOil] to eliminate obstacles for agile development and to
>> move apps/DBs into their private cloud infrastructure (including Unix to
>> Linux conversions). We are currently also used for critical enterprise
>> applications like SAP and Oracle EBS, for datacenter consolidation, and to
>> improve SLAs for database data protection. While agility and productivity
>> benefits outweigh cost savings, our software will often pay for itself in
>> storage, backup, and operating cost savings.
>>
>>
>> Here's a link, if you'd like to see how Facebook reduced its financial
>> close from 21 to 2 days with [SnakeOil]:
>> http://www.example.com/resources/.
>>
>> Please let me know if you're interested in hearing more about the product,
>> providing input, and/or being a Beta tester oft he product.
>
> Of course, it isn't exactly snake oil that they're selling. But the
> post was rejected (rightfully, ISTM) by a pgsql-announce moderator, and
> the person posting it just wrote to the pgsql-announce owner to ask
> about this rejection:
>
>> Can you please give me some info about why my post was rejected? I'm
>> not sure if I need to re-formulate it or if the subject is
>> inappropriate.
>
> What do we want to tell them?

Could cite this part of the policy - http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/NewsEventsApproval#Proprietary_.26_External_OSS_Project_News

The description does not fit any of what we allow for proprietary projects - it seems like a "call for developers to assist us in our project" as opposed to announcing any types of news or releases. Announce is used for PG / PG OSS family software updates, PG-related proprietary product *releases* (in a limited quantity), and PG conferences.

Jonathan