| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Joshua Kramer <josh(at)globalherald(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Wanted: new project slogan |
| Date: | 2010-01-26 17:07:06 |
| Message-ID: | 1264525626.18530.17.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com |
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On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 13:34 -0500, Joshua Kramer wrote:
> > Open Source Power and Reliability
>
> Here's a novel idea. Can we create a slogan (and other marketing
> collateral) without the use of the term "Open Source"? This may give
> Postgres a 'foot in the door' to those entities who are irrationally
> afraid of Open Source software... I am aiming directly at the vast
> majority of SQL-Server workloads for which SQL-Server's advanced features
> (reporting, DotNet integration, etc) are not needed. For example:
>
Not a bad idea but... uh -- We have DotNet capabilties, reporting
capabilities etc...
> Postgres: Security, Power, and High Performance
>
I think removing Open Source from our slogan is a mistake. It is one of
the things that makes us who we are.
Joshua D. Drake
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