Hi Markus,

>> No, it says in the rules that "You must have at least one post to be able to vote."
>>
>> So, if you post something in, say, the Database of the Year forum (*), you should be able to vote immediately after that.

> I got the same problem: Even though I made one post in the forum
> stating that Firebird is great I still cannot vote.
>
> Maybe it doesn't like my weird username -- "]oz[" -- but I could login with it.
>
> I remember not being able to vote in a similar poll on the same site,
> probably one year ago.

I'd send a message to Jeremy then, or whatever the support address for LQ is - although the answer will probably come too late for this poll.

Funny BTW, we both registered in Nov 2003 (just one day after another) and we're both still newbies with a zero rep score. According to my profile, I use SuSE 8.2 while you stick with 8.1, and our birthdays are 5 days apart (neglecting the year). I see the Potsdam observatory every week on TV, but I doubt you have ever seen the Amsterdam observatory... probably not ;-)


Cheers,
Paul Vinkenoog