| From: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
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| To: | Andy Astor <andya(at)bigsql(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Marc Linster <marc(dot)linster(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, David Rader <davidr(at)openscg(dot)com>, 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: | 2016-07-14 16:14:35 |
| Message-ID: | CA+OCxozYB7BC4=Y78hVOP1cUqcaGVEpPTf8GQ6XRYtZQPzNk+A@mail.gmail.com |
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On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 5:11 PM, Andy Astor <andya(at)bigsql(dot)com> wrote:
>
> I believe it is appropriate to allow some leeway to differentiate offerings
> on these pages, provided they are brief, fact-based, and understated. Such
> differentiations provide the community with useful information. If all the
> offerings are instead presented identically, then a new user would have to
> click-through to each company site to understand the differences, which
> carries at least two problems. First, it adds friction and inconvenience to
> the user experience. Second, there would be no balanced presentation of the
> options; only marketing. With a peer-reviewed patch system such as the one
> we have, we drive companies toward fact-based statements, which I think is
> very valuable to the community.
Very well put Andy, I couldn't agree more.
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Dave Page
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