[Python-Dev] Re: [PyCON-Organizers] PyCon: The Spam Continues ;-)

[Steve Holden]

David Ascher wrote:

> Steve Holden wrote:
> 
>> Dear python-dev:
>>
>> The current (as of even date) summary of my recent contributions to 
>> Python -dev appears to be spam about PyCon.
>>
>> Not being one to break habits, even not those of a lifetime sometimes, 
>> I spam you yet again to show you what a beautiful summary ActiveState 
>> have provided (I don't know whether this URL is cacheable or not):
>>
>> <http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Browse/ByAuthor/python-dev?author=cHljb25AcHl0aG9uLm9yZw--> 
> 
> 
> 
> Yup, we try to make all our URLs portable and persistent.
> 
Good for you.

>> If I remember Trent Lott (?) 
> 
> 
> Nah, that's a US politician.  T'was Trent Mick.
> 
Indeed, and already corrected.

>> described at an IPC the SQL Server database that drives this system, 
>> and it was a great example of open source technology driving a 
>> proprietary (but I expect (?) relatively portable) repository.
> 
> 
> Modulo some SQLServer features we're using.
> 
Well free-text indexing would be my first guess. Anything else of 
interest? MySQL's free text indexing really sucks compared with SQL 
Server's, which to my mind is a good justification for the Microsoft 
product.

>> Since I have your attention (and if I haven't then it really doesn't 
>> matter what I write hereafter, goodbye ...) I will also point out that 
>> the current top hit on Google for
>>
>>     "Microsoft to Provide PyCon Opening Keynote"
> 
> 
> What a bizarre search.
> 
Oh, no, people run that search all the time :-)

It's actually hit #3 for "Microsoft PyCon" as well, so I guess that's 
not too bad.

> (note that some of your To's and Cc's were pretty strange...
> 
Hmm, yes, I cringed when I got the bounces. That information didn't 
belong there. If only there were a way to take emails back ...

regards
  Steve
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