Re: New mug design

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: New mug design
Date: 2009-11-16 17:20:26
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On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 11:10 -0500, Chris Browne wrote:
> damien(at)dalibo(dot)info (damien clochard) writes:
> > Josh Berkus a écrit :
> >> ADS,
> >>
> >> Just an elephant-logo mug probably won't go very far here; we were
> >> practically forcing the EDB mugs on people (for free) once we got to the
> >> last box.

In Open Source there is an extreme difference between SWAG that is about
a project versus a product (or company).

Although I agree we should have a great mug design, I don't think the
comparison between a very well done Elephant logo mug and that of a
commercial marketing ploy is valid.

> >>
> >> Idea for a new mug design: do an instructional one of psql shortcuts,
> >> per the vi coffee mug:
> >>
> >
> > Why not : INSERT INTO me VALUES('coffee','sugar');

> That seems like an EAV model to me, and therefore evil ;-).
>
> I'd rather something like:
>
> INSERT INTO MUGS (BEVERAGE) VALUES ('Coffee'), ('Espresso'), ('Tea');

Too much.

How about:

COMMIT;

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> imagine that the Air Force will ever be able to operate like a small,
> competitive enterprise like GM or IBM." -- Kent England
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