Re: Why the elephant? - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 03:17:03PM +0200, Gabriele Bartolini wrote:
> I was wondering, given that everyone who is new to PostgreSQL asks met
> that, if we can put a small frame in the second page that explains why
> the symbol of PostgreSQL is an elephant.

Here are some early messages suggesting an elephant for the reasons
you've already found:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/1997-04/msg00094.php
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/1998-07/msg00306.php

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Michael Fuhr