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| author | Loïc Hoguin <[email protected]> | 2017-03-26 12:55:10 +0200 |
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| committer | Loïc Hoguin <[email protected]> | 2017-03-26 12:55:10 +0200 |
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diff --git a/articles/index.xml b/articles/index.xml index 70dc98a5..c64b2232 100644 --- a/articles/index.xml +++ b/articles/index.xml @@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ for free, including a small handbook about MongoDB. All people had to do was show up.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>They didn&#8217;t go tell people to look at all the weaknesses
their product had. They focused on the strengths. On
-what would convince people to try it. People would go
-to meetups, discuss with people, commit to try it (or
+what would convince people to try it. They would go
+to meetups, discuss with others, commit to try it (or
try it at meetups directly), and by doing so sell MongoDB
to themselves.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>How do we get people to meetups though? That&#8217;d be the
-first step: you need to <strong>catch people&#8217;s attention</strong>.
+first step: you need to <strong>catch their attention</strong>.
I believe MongoDB did this using benchmark results.
Ironic isn&#8217;t it? MongoDB gets fast benchmark results
because they lose data, and this gets everyone to buy
diff --git a/articles/the-elephant-in-the-room/index.html b/articles/the-elephant-in-the-room/index.html index 53db28e8..6777e4b5 100644 --- a/articles/the-elephant-in-the-room/index.html +++ b/articles/the-elephant-in-the-room/index.html @@ -144,12 +144,12 @@ for free, including a small handbook about MongoDB. All people had to do was show up.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>They didn’t go tell people to look at all the weaknesses
their product had. They focused on the strengths. On
-what would convince people to try it. People would go
-to meetups, discuss with people, commit to try it (or
+what would convince people to try it. They would go
+to meetups, discuss with others, commit to try it (or
try it at meetups directly), and by doing so sell MongoDB
to themselves.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>How do we get people to meetups though? That’d be the
-first step: you need to <strong>catch people’s attention</strong>.
+first step: you need to <strong>catch their attention</strong>.
I believe MongoDB did this using benchmark results.
Ironic isn’t it? MongoDB gets fast benchmark results
because they lose data, and this gets everyone to buy
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