Mike Ellsworth (youni...@gmail.com)

My bias - Anything that can help users share without each company
reinventing the wheel, can be helpful.  The easier it is to implement,
the better.
Here is an example - -  Brian is a Flemaker guy -- and knows how to
market.  Something similar could be done here.  Word would get around.

http://www.briandunning.com/filemaker-custom-functions/list.php

I believe it was the phrasing of the 1st sentence: "Sun Microsystems
released the first beta of Version 8.3 ....
instead of "Sun announced that PostgreSQL had released ..."

2 pennies from me.

Sounds, text and language differ and this is an international project
and community.
Add to the international flavor by recording the spoken word(s) in a
variety of languages.
Put them on the site.
"Regardless of how you say it, it is the World's Most Advanced Open
Source Database"

Turn this lemon of a thread into lemonade.

I've managed to avoid this thread so far but I will say one thing and
then reexit;  you guys are true and intense believers.

This is good.

Ireceived the letter below a few minutes ago.
I am far from saying this approach should .... or even could .. be
mimicked/altered for PG, however I thought it might be interesting to
consider a PG variant and also offer a pleasant diversion to the Name
Change thread.

Letter below.

Thanks,
Mike Ellsworth

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