[Postgres-xc-general] Some advocacy suggestions

[Joshua D. D. <jd...@co...>]

Hello,

I have been lurking here for a little while and have been following the 
project itself since March of 2011. With the imminent release of 1.0 I 
would like to offer some advocacy suggestions for wider coverage.

1. Major announcements should never go out on a weekend. Most people 
will never see them. Instead, focus major announcements to happen during 
the week on Tue/Wed/Thu. Monday is useless too many people are busy 
doing the catchup from the week before. Friday is useless because people 
are focused on getting out of work.

2. If possible, have a sponsoring company or individual run a PRWeb for 
the 1.0 announcement.

3. Michael's blog is great but there should be a project wide blog so 
the project does not appear to be a one person project.

4. Send English announcements on EST time. This will garner you the most 
eyeballs between the States and Europe.

5. I don't know if this is already done, but the Asian community 
probably has their own channels for communication.

6. With 1.0, you will want to get some quotes from some industry players 
that are not a major supporter. Instead focus on people from the other 
consulting companies and even better, a real user if possible.

Anyway, I hope that is helpful and I look forward to helping with this 
project.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake
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