Re[2]: [Please vote for postgresql!!!]

looks like it backfired...they've reset the graph

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Bruno Dickhoff
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 3:11 PM
To: Bill Barnes
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re[2]: [[GENERAL] Please vote for postgresql!!!]

Hello Bill,
Sunday, December 03, 2000, 9:18:12 PM, you wrote:

BB> Thanks for the tip. Looked good enough to sign up for an account.
BB> The numbers I saw gave postgesql a significant lead.

So, my appeal for voting did it's job! Before I posted the mail,
mysql was leading at
1200 to 450 (and 430 for interbase). Now it is 1461 for pgsql,
1.254 for mysql
and 432 for interbase...

I hope all of us will frequently take a look at

http://www.mycgiserver.com so
things won't get turned upside down again ;-)).

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Best regards,
Bruno mailto:bruno@dickhoff.de

On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 04:14:48PM -0600, some SMTP stream spewed forth:

looks like it backfired...they've reset the graph

Sheesh! Apparently *everybody* wants a recount.

gh

just re-submit'd my vote ... maybe mycgiserver already has mysql installed
and is only doing the vote to satisfy some ppl, but don't really want to
install PgSQL? *raised eyebrow*

On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, GH wrote:

On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 04:14:48PM -0600, some SMTP stream spewed forth:

looks like it backfired...they've reset the graph

Sheesh! Apparently *everybody* wants a recount.

gh

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Bruno Dickhoff
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 3:11 PM
To: Bill Barnes
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re[2]: [[GENERAL] Please vote for postgresql!!!]

Hello Bill,
Sunday, December 03, 2000, 9:18:12 PM, you wrote:

BB> Thanks for the tip. Looked good enough to sign up for an account.
BB> The numbers I saw gave postgesql a significant lead.

So, my appeal for voting did it's job! Before I posted the mail,
mysql was leading at
1200 to 450 (and 430 for interbase). Now it is 1461 for pgsql,
1.254 for mysql
and 432 for interbase...

I hope all of us will frequently take a look at

http://www.mycgiserver.com so
things won't get turned upside down again ;-)).

--
Best regards,
Bruno mailto:bruno@dickhoff.de

Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org

On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 09:20:51PM -0400, The Hermit Hacker wrote:

just re-submit'd my vote ... maybe mycgiserver already has mysql installed
and is only doing the vote to satisfy some ppl, but don't really want to
install PgSQL? *raised eyebrow*

The counter was reset to 450ish twice just while I've been watching.
They mustn't be too keen on installing it...

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Matt Beauregard
Information Technology Operations, DesignScape

Ph: +61 2 9361 4233 Fx: +61 2 9361 4633

On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 02:19:36PM +1100, some SMTP stream spewed forth:

On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 09:20:51PM -0400, The Hermit Hacker wrote:

just re-submit'd my vote ... maybe mycgiserver already has mysql installed
and is only doing the vote to satisfy some ppl, but don't really want to
install PgSQL? *raised eyebrow*

The counter was reset to 450ish twice just while I've been watching.
They mustn't be too keen on installing it...

Er, do they not suppose that people are watching them do these things?

gh

we could all email them asking why they keep resetting it in favor of
MySQL? :)

On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, GH wrote:

On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 02:19:36PM +1100, some SMTP stream spewed forth:

On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 09:20:51PM -0400, The Hermit Hacker wrote:

just re-submit'd my vote ... maybe mycgiserver already has mysql installed
and is only doing the vote to satisfy some ppl, but don't really want to
install PgSQL? *raised eyebrow*

The counter was reset to 450ish twice just while I've been watching.
They mustn't be too keen on installing it...

Er, do they not suppose that people are watching them do these things?

gh

--
Matt Beauregard
Information Technology Operations, DesignScape

Ph: +61 2 9361 4233 Fx: +61 2 9361 4633

Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org

Matt,
thank you for the alert! I contacted the webmaster of mycgiserver.com and told him that we are disappointed because the counter has been resetted.

They reacted very quick and re-entered the right counter value again, so by now postgresql leads by 1552 (postgresql) to 1295 (mysql). They just try to keep multiple votes out of the counting, because it is technically possible to click unlimited times on the link. It would have been better to ensure that every user can only vote once...

The webmaster sent me a mail and apologizes for the hazzle. Nice guys...!

Best wishes,
Bruno Dickhoff
Moenchengladbach, Germany

Matt,

here's some additional information about this issue, as quoted on the "recent news" of www.mycgiserver.com:

"2000-12-04 07:56:51 CET
As some people contacted us what was going on with the current survey (the PostgreSQL vote significantly decreased from one second to another), we'd like to inform you, that, after some additional research, this correction from our side turned out to be unjustified.
The decrease was initially done because of a suspicion of mass-voting for the item in question. However, the tremendious vote increase for PostgreSQL was caused by a group of PostgreSQL supporters rather than abusive behavior."

Hello The,
Monday, December 04, 2000, 2:20:51 AM, you wrote:

THH> just re-submit'd my vote ... maybe mycgiserver already has mysql installed
THH> and is only doing the vote to satisfy some ppl, but don't really want to
THH> install PgSQL? *raised eyebrow*

No. Like they said to me, they really don't want to install mysql, because it
lacks some features you'll need for professional projects. What they really
want is to support a free db system as backend for their upcoming support for
Enterprise Java Beans (Entity Beans). In fact their first candidate was
Interbase 6, until I told them to take a look on postgresql.

So the survey is just for information, they want to see what the users think.
That does not mean that they will take the "winner" of the survey, it's just
ONE parameter for their decision.

I believe, they won't take mysql, even if it gets 3 times as much votes as
postgresql. In my opinion, the race is really between Interbase 6 and
postgresql. I would like to see them support postgresql... Therefore, every
vote for postgresql is a good vote...

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Best regards,
Bruno mailto:bruno@dickhoff.de