Re: Winner Notification - Linux Magazine Editor's Choice Awards (fwd))

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Jan Wieck wrote:

> The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> >
> > *rofl* now that wasn't rigged or nothing ... I could see us second to
> > MySQL, or third to Oracle/Informix, depending on how it was evaluated, but
> > fourth to all three?
> 
>     Hey, look at the headline:
> 
>         Linux Magazine's Editor's Choice Awards
>         by The Editors of Linux Magazine
> 
>         The Linux market is exploding with all kinds of
>         great new (and old) products. We decided it was
>         time to round up our editors and pick our
>         favorites. Here are the results.
> 
>         (From www.linux-mag.com)
> 
>     Does  that sound like any comparision was done? Not to me. To
>     me it sounds more that The Editors  of  Linux  Magazine  just
>     told what tools they prefer for themself.

True ... seems kind of a stupid way to award something though ... like,
based on what merits? *shrug* (<- rhetorical question there, eh? *grin*)



> >
> > > 1st - MySQL
> > > 2nd - Oracle 8i
> > > 3rd - Informix Dynamic Server.2000
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
> > > To: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>
> > > Date: Friday, September 15, 2000 1:31 PM
> > > Subject: [HACKERS] Winner Notification - Linux Magazine Editor's Choice
> > > Awards (fwd)
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >Does anyone have the Sept issue of Linux Magazine?   According to a
> > > >notification we just received, PostgreSQL got 4th place in the editor's
> > > >choice awards.   I wanna know what was in first, second and third!
> > > >Anyone know?
> > > >
> > > >Vince.
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> >
> > Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
> > Systems Administrator @ hub.org
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Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org