Re: developer.com: PostgreSQL is the "Database of the year"

From: "Gavin M(dot) Roy" <gmr(at)myyearbook(dot)com>
To: "Robert Treat" <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Simon Riggs" <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Subject: Re: developer.com: PostgreSQL is the "Database of the year"
Date: 2008-01-18 21:50:55
Message-ID: af1bce590801181350m41c2cda2q92ec69404867709b@mail.gmail.com
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How about something like "beating out all other popular open source and
proprietary databases?"
Gavin

On 1/18/08, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> wrote:
>
> On Friday 18 January 2008 14:57, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:37:05 +0000
> >
> > Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> > > "PostgreSQL has recently been announced as Winner of Developer.com's
> > > Product of the Year 2008, beating both MySQL and Oracle. This follows
> > > 5 consecutive Editor's Choice awards from LinuxJournal."
> > >
> > > It's hot news and important news also, which I think we should include
> > > *especially* in light of recent MySQL announcements.
> > >
> > > I'm not bothered if it can't be translated into all languages in time.
> >
> > +1
> >
>
> -2, as a general rule you should never mention competing products in your
> product announcements.
>
> --
> Robert Treat
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