Re: Wanted: new project slogan - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Florian Weimer
Subject Re: Wanted: new project slogan
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In response to Re: Wanted: new project slogan  (Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>)
Responses Re: Wanted: new project slogan  (Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>)
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* Greg Stark:

> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
>> I think removing Open Source from our slogan is a mistake. It is one of
>> the things that makes us who we are.
>>
>
> How about something like:
>
> Postgres: Liberate Your Data!

A lot of companies (and individuals, too) don't want to see their data
liberated.  That's why "open" doesn't seem to be such a great term in
the database context.  Of course, there are different kinds of
openness (format and algorithms vs content), but that's a rather
subtle point, I think.

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