Re: Release, 3rd draft

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
Cc: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Release, 3rd draft
Date: 2005-10-03 20:11:11
Message-ID: 4341905F.8000007@commandprompt.com
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Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Whatever number is chosen, note that the MySQL people quoted 2 million
> downloads of their beta (ref:
> http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/news/article_959.html). Granted
> they've been in beta significantly longer, and have had more beta
> releases than us, but for someone comparing the press releases... Might
> definitly be good to pick different wording so it can't be directly
> compared.
>
> //Magnus

I would say ignore the number of beta downloads and focus on the number
of community members assisting.

A good example would be the Distributed build and testing environment
that we use (pgBuildFarm).

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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