| From: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
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| To: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, "Rader, David" <davidr(at)openscg(dot)com>, "Marc Linster(at)EDB" <marc(dot)linster(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Scott Mead <scottm(at)openscg(dot)com>, "pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Updates for PostgreSQL.org one-click installer download pages |
| Date: | 2016-07-07 07:59:02 |
| Message-ID: | CA+OCxoyhwrafziQhA7GN6vLpFXOFDc+H-irbd8Vuk7eHk50sAw@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 8:06 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
> On 07/06/2016 12:02 PM, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
>>
>> On 07/06/2016 07:55 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>>
>>> On 07/06/2016 10:54 AM, Rader, David wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I am concerned that the "bare metal" description is misleading to users,
>>>> since on both the Linux and Windows installers an OS is still required.
>>>> Suggesting that the installer can setup a full stack including OS will
>>>> be confusing.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Bare metal is an industry standard term for, "not virtualized".
>>
>>
>> it is but it is usually used in the context of operating systems - so I
>> kinda agree with david here that personally I would expect something
>> that is for "bare metal" is something that can directly be installed on
>> physical hardware (as in an OS).
>
>
> I am good either way, I was just expressing my experience.
That has been my experience too, both in the office and in dealing
with large and small customers.
I really don't care if it says "non-virtualised" instead though.
As an Englishman, I reserve the right to get irked by
"non-virtualized" though. :-)
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