Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] custom types and optimization

Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org>

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
To: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: brett@work.chicken.org, PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 1998-06-01T14:06:57Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > postgresql=> select count(name) from register;
> > count
> > -----
> >  1361
> > (1 row)
> > 
> > 	Not bad...but I don't imagine that's a tenth of all the users, is
> > it?
> 
> Wow, that is a big number, and the 10% is probably correct.  I don't
> think I am even in there.

	I know I'm not ;(

> How can we reverse the "bad publicity" and get people to start looking
> at us again?

	Testimonials?  Not fanatical statements...something intelligent
like what Herouth Maoz wrote?  Maybe with a pointer to the project that
he/she used PostgreSQL for?  Start up a 'User Comments and Projects'
page...?

	How many ppl are actually using the 'Powered by' logo on their
sites?  Actually, just looking at that, and am I the only one that finds
it unreadable?  I can barely even see that its a 'cat'...