Thread: Name that project contest!
Folks, Very soon, I will be launching a sponsored project around optimizing PostgreSQL for Business Intelligence, Decision Support and Data Warehousing applications. One problem we've had is coming up with a name for this project. Suggestions so far have included "P.G.B.I." and "PostGreen", but nothing has really grabbed us. So, I'm offering a $50 Amazon gift certificate if anyone can come up with a really catchy, apt, not-trademarked-by-someone-else name by 5pm PDT Sunday April 10. Ready, get set, go! -- --Josh Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
How about some example applications to stir the imagination? On April 8, 2005 07:25 pm, Josh Berkus wrote: > Folks, > > Very soon, I will be launching a sponsored project around optimizing > PostgreSQL for Business Intelligence, Decision Support and Data Warehousing > applications. One problem we've had is coming up with a name for this > project. Suggestions so far have included "P.G.B.I." and "PostGreen", > but nothing has really grabbed us. > > So, I'm offering a $50 Amazon gift certificate if anyone can come up with a > really catchy, apt, not-trademarked-by-someone-else name by 5pm PDT Sunday > April 10. > > Ready, get set, go!
Josh Berkus wrote: >Folks, > >Very soon, I will be launching a sponsored project around optimizing >PostgreSQL for Business Intelligence, Decision Support and Data Warehousing >applications. One problem we've had is coming up with a name for this >project. Suggestions so far have included "P.G.B.I." and "PostGreen", >but nothing has really grabbed us. > > > Oracle?
On Friday 08 April 2005 16:25, Josh Berkus wrote: > Folks, > > Very soon, I will be launching a sponsored project around optimizing > PostgreSQL for Business Intelligence, Decision Support and Data Warehousing > applications. One problem we've had is coming up with a name for this > project. Suggestions so far have included "P.G.B.I." and "PostGreen", > but nothing has really grabbed us. > > So, I'm offering a $50 Amazon gift certificate if anyone can come up with a > really catchy, apt, not-trademarked-by-someone-else name by 5pm PDT Sunday > April 10. > > Ready, get set, go! To rehash some of the ideas already presented on IRC proboscis manatees Loxodonta Proboscidea Tethytheria Also I'd recommend staying away from those ideas that have religious connotations such as Ganesha so as not to offend any particular religious customer. -- Darcy Buskermolen Wavefire Technologies Corp. http://www.wavefire.com ph: 250.717.0200 fx: 250.763.1759
>> >> Very soon, I will be launching a sponsored project around optimizing >> PostgreSQL for Business Intelligence, Decision Support and Data >> Warehousing applications. One problem we've had is coming up with a >> name for this project. Suggestions so far have included >> "P.G.B.I." and "PostGreen", but nothing has really grabbed us. >> >> >> > Oracle? > Just in case... this was a joke. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake
On Friday 08 April 2005 20:36, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >> Very soon, I will be launching a sponsored project around optimizing
> >> PostgreSQL for Business Intelligence, Decision Support and Data
> >> Warehousing applications. One problem we've had is coming up with a
> >> name for this project. Suggestions so far have included
> >> "P.G.B.I." and "PostGreen", but nothing has really grabbed us.
> >
> > Oracle?
>
> Just in case... this was a joke.
>
How about just calling it "postgres". This would show a relationship with
PostgreSQL and it's predecessor POSTGRES but be easily differentiated by the
unique spelling.
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Robert Treat
Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 22:24 -0400, Robert Treat wrote: > On Friday 08 April 2005 20:36, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > >> Very soon, I will be launching a sponsored project around optimizing > > >> PostgreSQL for Business Intelligence, Decision Support and Data > > >> Warehousing applications. One problem we've had is coming up with a > > >> name for this project. Suggestions so far have included > > >> "P.G.B.I." and "PostGreen", but nothing has really grabbed us. > > > > > > Oracle? > > > > Just in case... this was a joke. > > > > How about just calling it "postgres". This would show a relationship with > PostgreSQL and it's predecessor POSTGRES but be easily differentiated by the > unique spelling. How about "firefox"? Or maybe, "firebird"? Oh wait... Tom
On Friday 08 April 2005 22:22, Tom Copeland wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 22:24 -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
> > On Friday 08 April 2005 20:36, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > > >> Very soon, I will be launching a sponsored project around optimizing
> > > >> PostgreSQL for Business Intelligence, Decision Support and Data
> > > >> Warehousing applications. One problem we've had is coming up with
> > > >> a name for this project. Suggestions so far have included
> > > >> "P.G.B.I." and "PostGreen", but nothing has really grabbed us.
> > > >
> > > > Oracle?
> > >
> > > Just in case... this was a joke.
> >
> > How about just calling it "postgres". This would show a relationship
> > with PostgreSQL and it's predecessor POSTGRES but be easily
> > differentiated by the unique spelling.
>
> How about "firefox"? Or maybe, "firebird"? Oh wait...
>
When the firbird folks tried to write a clone of oracle they called it
fyracle... I'm not sure how close this will be but maybe postgracle would be
good?
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Robert Treat
Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 12:03:07AM -0400, Robert Treat wrote: > When the firbird folks tried to write a clone of oracle they called it > fyracle... I'm not sure how close this will be but maybe postgracle would be > good? Wow, that's almost as bad as the new name of the french Linux distribution, Mandriva :-) I guess this is an english thing; any reason to be "fyracle" and not "firacle" ? And just to stay on topic, how about "Postbiz accelerator" or "Postaccel for Business" ... -- Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[@]dcc.uchile.cl>) Y dijo Dios: "Que sea Satanás, para que la gente no me culpe de todo a mí." "Y que hayan abogados, para que la gente no culpe de todo a Satanás"
On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 00:03 -0400, Robert Treat wrote: > > How about "firefox"? Or maybe, "firebird"? Oh wait... > > > > When the firbird folks tried to write a clone of oracle they called it > fyracle... I'm not sure how close this will be but maybe postgracle would be > good? "Postgrackle - it's the very latest thing in grackles!" http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/Photo/Images/h5110pi.jpg Tom
Josh Berkus wrote: > Very soon, I will be launching a sponsored project around optimizing > PostgreSQL for Business Intelligence, Decision Support and Data Warehousing > applications. One problem we've had is coming up with a name for this > project. Suggestions so far have included "P.G.B.I." and "PostGreen", > but nothing has really grabbed us. > > So, I'm offering a $50 Amazon gift certificate if anyone can come up with a > really catchy, apt, not-trademarked-by-someone-else name by 5pm PDT Sunday > April 10. > > Ready, get set, go! - PostgreSQL 8i (though the "i" on Oracle 8i/9i is not "intelligence") - PostgreSQL/DW [edition], PostgreSQL/BI [edition] - Postracle? :p Anyway, I think "PostgreSQL" still has to be part of the name. A new name just won't have the same impact (unless this is just a project nickname for developers? Or "PostgreSQL" is trademarked and cannot be used). I suggest adding some suffix or attribute to PostgreSQL (think "Pentium IV Emergency Edition"). -- sh
> How about "firefox"? Or maybe, "firebird"? Oh wait... Firestone! :P
>> So, I'm offering a $50 Amazon gift certificate if anyone can come up >> with a really catchy, apt, not-trademarked-by-someone-else name by 5pm >> PDT Sunday April 10. >> Ready, get set, go! Hive Mind Business Brain Dimension Intellect Qualia Exacta Put 'PostgreSQL' before them if necessary... Chrsi
Josh Berkus wrote: > Folks, > > Very soon, I will be launching a sponsored project around optimizing > PostgreSQL for Business Intelligence, Decision Support and Data Warehousing > applications. One problem we've had is coming up with a name for this > project. Suggestions so far have included "P.G.B.I." and "PostGreen", > but nothing has really grabbed us. > > So, I'm offering a $50 Amazon gift certificate if anyone can come up with a > really catchy, apt, not-trademarked-by-someone-else name by 5pm PDT Sunday > April 10. > > Ready, get set, go! > I think the name should be "Priceless" ;-) Regards, Thomas Hallgren
Josh Berkus wrote: > Very soon, I will be launching a sponsored project around optimizing > PostgreSQL for Business Intelligence, Decision Support and Data > Warehousing applications. One problem we've had is coming up with a > name for this project. PAT (PostgreSQL Analyze This!) PStrat (PostgreSQL Strategy) CubeStar (referring to two DW concepts, the star schema and the cube data structure) Great project anyway, is there already more info available (roadmap or something)? Regards, Jutta Horstmann
Thomas Hallgren wrote: > Josh Berkus wrote: > >> Folks, >> >> Very soon, I will be launching a sponsored project around optimizing >> PostgreSQL for Business Intelligence, Decision Support and Data >> Warehousing applications. One problem we've had is coming up with a >> name for this project. Suggestions so far have included >> "P.G.B.I." and "PostGreen", but nothing has really grabbed us. >> >> So, I'm offering a $50 Amazon gift certificate if anyone can come up >> with a really catchy, apt, not-trademarked-by-someone-else name by 5pm >> PDT Sunday April 10. >> Ready, get set, go! >> > I think the name should be "Priceless" ;-) > "Priceless" is apparently trademarked by Master Card. Well, PriceleSQL then... - thomas
I know this will cause some groans, but if the target market is business, and more specifically the enterprise, why not just call it 'PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition'? Perhaps not sexy, or humorous, but it is clear and consise exactly as to what the purpose is, while still being tied to the PostgreSQL name. -- Mitch
mitch.pirtle@gmail.com (Mitch Pirtle) wrote: > I know this will cause some groans, but if the target market is > business, and more specifically the enterprise, why not just call it > 'PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition'? > > Perhaps not sexy, or humorous, but it is clear and consise exactly as > to what the purpose is, while still being tied to the PostgreSQL name. Actually, no, it's not "consise" as to purpose; it doesn't actually imply anything about what the purpose is. I'd generally expect "Enterprise Edition" to indicate the addition of transaction-oriented functionality. 2PC, automagic JavaBeans, that sort of thing. Plausible names might include: - PostgreStar - CubeSQL - PostCube - PostStar -- select 'cbbrowne' || '@' || 'gmail.com'; http://linuxdatabases.info/info/lisp.html "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money" -- Alexis de Toucqueville
Jutta, > Great project anyway, is there already more info available (roadmap or > something)? There will be in a couple of weeks. -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Darcy Buskermolen wrote: > Loxodonta What about Loxodonta Sapiens? The Elephants on the turtle under the disk in the Terry Pratchett novels are called Berilia, Tubul, Great T'Phon, and Jerakeen. Maybe that leads somewhere :) Anton
In article <200504081935.28136.robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca>, robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca (Robert Bernier) wrote: > > > > So, I'm offering a $50 Amazon gift certificate if anyone can come up with a > > really catchy, apt, not-trademarked-by-someone-else name by 5pm PDT Sunday > > April 10. > > > > Ready, get set, go! > How about Memnesia because elephants never forget... :-)
mitch.pirtle@gmail.com (Mitch Pirtle) wrote in news:330532b60504091020480fdf49@mail.gmail.com: > I know this will cause some groans, but if the target market is > business, and more specifically the enterprise, why not just call it > 'PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition'? Or the short version: Pee Could't resist -- Rolf
>Josh Berkus wrote: > >>Folks, >> >>Very soon, I will be launching a sponsored project around optimizing >>PostgreSQL for Business Intelligence, Decision Support and Data Warehousing >>applications. One problem we've had is coming up with a name for this >>project. Suggestions so far have included "P.G.B.I." and "PostGreen", >>but nothing has really grabbed us. >> >> >> >Oracle? X-DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD really great !!!
BIzgres
Josh Berkus wrote:
Josh Berkus wrote:
Folks, Very soon, I will be launching a sponsored project around optimizing PostgreSQL for Business Intelligence, Decision Support and Data Warehousing applications. One problem we've had is coming up with a name for this project. Suggestions so far have included "P.G.B.I." and "PostGreen", but nothing has really grabbed us. So, I'm offering a $50 Amazon gift certificate if anyone can come up with a really catchy, apt, not-trademarked-by-someone-else name by 5pm PDT Sunday April 10. Ready, get set, go!
People: So, I ran the suggestions past the sponsoring company. There were quite a few of the mythological suggestons that we liked. Unfortunately, all of them were trademarked up the wazoo. :-( So, the winner is .... BizGres Look for it soon on a website near you. Sam Hahn, please send me your contact info so I can buy you a gift certificate. Off-list! -- --Josh Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
Woo hoo coolio...!! Thanks! I think I'll go into Marketing... Josh Berkus wrote: >People: > >So, I ran the suggestions past the sponsoring company. There were quite a >few of the mythological suggestons that we liked. Unfortunately, all of >them were trademarked up the wazoo. :-( > >So, the winner is .... >BizGres > >Look for it soon on a website near you. > >Sam Hahn, please send me your contact info so I can buy you a gift >certificate. Off-list! >