Re: 9.5 Release press coverage

From: Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Umair Shahid <umair(dot)shahid(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(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: 2016-01-13 19:39:03
Message-ID: 5696A7D7.7000207@archidevsys.co.nz
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On 14/01/16 05:40, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>>> a company to begin with the name of that company. The press release
>>> says in the first sentence that the release was made by the PostgreSQL
>>> community. Simon seems to think that's unacceptable, but I can say
>> Are we looking at the same thing? In mine it says that in the first sentence
>> of the third paragraph, not the first sentence (4th paragraph if you include
>> the tagline). I'm looking at
>> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAOW=PeL3KBBOFDhQBR2GCw-s2afEw8iWy+dF38PaiYGa4=VrVQ@mail.gmail.com.
> I forgot to respond to this point specifically. Yes, we are looking
> at the same thing. I will quote the entire email up to the point
> where it mentions that that the release was made by the PostgreSQL
> community.
>
> ### BEGIN QUOTE ###
> *Performs 96% faster than v9.4 in benchmark tests*
>
> *Bedford, Mass. – Jan. 7, 2016* – EnterpriseDB <http://www.enterprisedb.com
> (EDB™), the leading enterprise Postgres database company, today announced
> the general availability of PostgreSQL 9.5, released by the Postgres
> community.
> ### END OF QUOTE ###
>
> Those last four words, "released by the Postgres community", are
> contained in the first complete sentence of the email.
>
Are people tired of actually working constructively on PostgreSQL???

There is so much energy diverted into frustrating and non-productive
areas like Code-of-Conduct and this press release!!!

Any ambiguity I had about EnterpriseDB's claims evaporated before the
end of the first sentence.

Cheers,
Gavin

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