Re: Time to work on Press Release 8.0

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Josh Berkus wrote:

> Marc,
>
>> Seems an awful lot of focus on Afilias/Fujitsu, no?  Is it a PR about us,
>> or them? :( If we are going to highlight contributors, Redhat (all of
>> Tom's time, which is a *major* contribution) and CommandPrompt (pl/PHP)
>> should be in there, among others I know I'm overlooking ...
>
> Probably.   I guess what I'm fishing for is a paragraph on expanded corporate
> contributions to PostgreSQL, regardless of from whom they came.  Afilias and
> FJ are easier because they're tied to specific contributions, whereas RH is
> propping up our spiritual leader.  CMD, of course, would show up in a mention
> of PL/perlNG.
>
> Overall, I would *love* to have someone take a stab at a single, 4-5 line
> "expanded corporate participation" paragraph that mentions most companies.
> The press is really interested in knowing what companies back PostgreSQL.
> Also, it helps drum into reporters that PostgreSQL is not a single-company
> project.

Agreed on justification, and about the "4-5 line para" ... just your
outline seemed to have several 'paras' focusing on it :)

Why not attribute the features themselves when you list them?  Who
sponsored what?

Also, the PR should be focused around what we are releasing, not side
projects ... Slony-I isn't part of this release, and, IMHO, isn't
appropriate as part of the PostgreSQL Server press release ... they should
be doing their own Press Release for that.  Focus on what *we* are
releasing, not what another project is releasing ...

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