On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 04:41:35PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Jean-Michel POURE wrote: > [ PGP not available, raw data follows ] > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > My question is, "What can we learn from MySQL?" I don't know there is > > > anything, but I think it makes sense to ask the question. > > > > Dear Bruce, > > > > Taking the example of pgAdmin III, which reached nearly one million hits in > > December (http://www.pgadmin.org/stats/webalizer), nothing seems impossible > > for PostgreSQL. > > > > Why not create an all-in-one bundle offering PostgreSQL, Apache, Php and > > PhpPgAdmin for Win32 and ... mass-release it. > > > > There is no need to create a complete installer. There could be a single > > installer executing other installers (like it is sometimes the case in the > > Win32 world). So that installers remain different. > > > > A single web page like "http://win.postgresql.org" in 40 languages is enough > > to mass-release PostgreSQL. > > > > With an installer and a single web page, PostgreSQL Win32 could quickly reach > > one million downloads every month. > > > > There is no need to look for complicated strategies. Every month, there can be > > 10% more downloads. In the end, people will even forget the name of MySQL. > > That seems like a good idea.
Agree. The page should be describe basic PostgreSQL features and step-by-step introduction from download to a first user's "SELECT ... FROM". Do you expect translate PostgreSQL-win installer to foreign languages? Karel -- Karel Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://home.zf.jcu.cz/~zakkr/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]