Re: Updates for PostgreSQL.org one-click installer download pages

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 5:11 PM, Andy Astor <andya@bigsql.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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