Re: On future conferences

[mdean <mdean(at)xn1(dot)com>]

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Andy Astor wrote:
>   
> > ...and EnterpriseDB.
> >     
>
> What isn't clear is whether EnterpriseDB offers straight PostgreSQL
> training, rather than EnterpriseDB product training.
>
>   
I see only expensive courses in North Carolina, Ottawa, and Swizerland.  
The Enterprisedb site does not mention training.  Postgresql vendors 
need to adopt the SAS model and offer lower priced courses in many more 
cities, such as in San Francisco, Oakland, Des Moines, etc.  or let 
users kill two birds with one stone and take courses AND certification 
at major conferences, like linux is doing with Linuxworld.  We all know 
the Pervasive model for "support" does not work, I would question how 
popular these training courses are either.  Personally  my company would 
not pay 3-5 grand plus travel costs for one week courses.  So like the 
conferences, the courses relate only to elitest elements, and offer 
nothing for the masses, which are good reasons why postgresql is NOT 
used by the masses.  After over a full year in reviewing the operations 
of the postgresql community, I sense a strong elitest mentality and an 
unwillingness to define and take care of customers.  A formula for failure.