From: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> |
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To: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Umair Shahid <umair(dot)shahid(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: 9.5 Release press coverage |
Date: | 2016-01-12 15:19:49 |
Message-ID: | 56951995.8050402@aklaver.com |
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On 01/12/2016 06:58 AM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Three companies offered PR help with the release: EDB, Equinux, and
> Dalibo. I know that other companies have paid PR staff, some of them
> quite good ones. So while I'm down with giving advice to the EDB folks
> on being community-friendly, I'm really not happy with the amount of
> shit they get from various members of the community every release,
> especially from employees of companies who could have offered PR help
> and didn't.
>
> Renee did a terrific job getting the 9.5 release in front of analysts
> and publications who don't return my calls; I would say that 60% of our
> english-language press coverage is due to her team's efforts.
>
> Yes, it's worth discussing "how can we do better next time". But
> EnterpriseDB is, as a company, a big contributor to the PostgreSQL
> project, so please let's treat the EDB folks as contributors and stop
> with the shit-fests.
I do not see that. I see some legitimate questions and some thoughtful
and insightful replies that, to my satisfaction at least, addressed
those questions. Basically the way a community is supposed to work.
--
Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
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