From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | mdean <mdean(at)xn1(dot)com> |
Cc: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Adrian Maier <adrian(dot)maier(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: 8.2 features status |
Date: | 2006-08-04 17:35:08 |
Message-ID: | 44D3854C.1080002@commandprompt.com |
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> I am interrested in finding out what you folks mean by usability and
> refinement. How do you measure it? These seem to me to be unmeasurable
> hackneyed terms with little intrinsic meaning!
Yep you are absolutely right. That is what press releases are all about.
> So could you say
> something like: the New Postgresql, version 8.2, building on its
> reputation of sheer power and ACID compliance, now implements feature 1,
> which provides benefit 1, plus feature 2, which leads to benefit 2,
> plus .... etc. thereby maximizing overall ease of use. ??
>
> WE tend to speak of features, now is a good time to speak of benefits to
> the dba, benefits for upgrading to an existing project, etc.
If they don't know by reading the terms, then they will want to buy
reading the 50 cent, fancy words.
> The New
> Postgresql 8,2 will increase speed of response by x %, ad hoc queries
> will be x % faster, etc. I know I am being simplistic, but the benefits
> need to blurt out, and be immediately recognizable as such to the
> majority of players. JMUETCW. Michael
Percentages never work because it depends on a specific work load,
specific design, specific hardware etc...
Joshua D. Drake
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