Re: Rebranding PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Andrew Sullivan
Subject Re: Rebranding PostgreSQL
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Msg-id 20051116215350.GF23557@phlogiston.dyndns.org
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In response to Re: Rebranding PostgreSQL  (<john.bender@hushmail.com>)
Responses Re: Rebranding PostgreSQL  ("Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com>)
Re: Rebranding PostgreSQL  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 10:09:51AM -0800, john.bender@hushmail.com wrote:
>
> So, is it a little shady to want to slide PostgreSQL in under the
> radar? I'm simply trying to downplay what it is...it's my take that
> what they don't know won't hurt them.

I appreciate what you're trying to do.  At the same time, why do you
think your customers will be more willing to go for John's Database
than some community product called PostgreSQL?  (And yes, I suspect
there _are_ such people.)

A

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