Обсуждение: Should we coordinate a slashdot submission for 8.2?
Most major PostgreSQL news gets slashdotted, and I'm sure that makes up a big part of the press PostgreSQL receives (as far as mindshare, at least). Should we coordinate a slashdot submission? I know it's non- deterministic which one they choose, but I would think a submission from Josh (since he's the official advocacy leader) would be more likely to be used, if available. Perhaps it would be beneficial because there is not room in a slashdot blurb for the full press release. I would think that carefully chosen words would benefit us more than waiting for a community member to send in a submission. Regards, Jeff Davis
Jeff, > Should we coordinate a slashdot submission? I know it's non- > deterministic which one they choose, but I would think a submission from > Josh (since he's the official advocacy leader) would be more likely to > be used, if available. Actually, no. /. prefers second-hand reports, preferably referring to another news source. A post from me would be extremely unlikely to be accepted. However, Newsforge and/or Linux.com are pretty much certain to run stories about the release, which makes slashdotting very likely. Also, while /. is gratifying in terms of server load, I'm not certain how successful it is at attracting new users or developers. --Josh
On Oct 2, 2006, at 11:04 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: > > Also, while /. is gratifying in terms of server load, I'm not > certain how successful it is at attracting new users or developers. > It may not attract new folks, but it is *VERY* useful for having the mysql vs pg discussion where everybody says the same exact things again :) -- Jeff Trout <jeff@jefftrout.com> http://www.dellsmartexitin.com/ http://www.stuarthamm.net/