Re: Success of PG Day France 2013

On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:08 PM, damien clochard <damien@dalibo.info> wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Just a few words to let you know that the PG Day France 2013 happened
> last week in Nantes.
>
> With 115 registered attendees, we saw a 50% increase in registration
> from last year. These numbers are extremely good, especially if you
> think that on the very same week there was a big train workers strike
> AND a big air traffic controllers strike (Bienvenue en France!...).
> Without those 2 major strikes we would have gone even higher.
>
> Anyway this success shows that PostgreSQL is making impressive progress
> in France. Approx. half of the attendees worked for national agencies,
> while the rest were from private companies. Some big French companies
> are switching from Oracle to PostgreSQL. I hope I'll be allowed to give
> more details in the near future.
That's really great. Congratulations to all the people of Dalibo and
the French community for this success!
Regards,
--
Michael