Re: Why the elephant?

On Fri, 8 Jun 2007, Gabriele Bartolini wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I am trying to get sorted out the PostgreSQL flyers for the Italian
> Community. Unfortunately, we do not have a list of companies that use it that
> we can print on the second page. Therefore we have some free space. 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.

"elephants can remember",
in the 1997 year David Yang has proposed elephant after
http://www.pgsql.ru/db/mw/msg.html?mid=1238939

>
> I came up with this issue on the IRC channel a few days ago and I had a few
> answers. Also I looked on wikipedia and have come up with a few items:
>
> 1) an elephant never forgets
> 2) the elephant is the strongest animal on earth
> 3) the elephant has a long life
> 4) the elephant is the largest land animal
> 5) symbols of wisdom in Asian cultures
> 6) famed for their exceptional memory and high intelligence
>
> Am I off track? Please let me know, I am sure it would be nice to add such
> a foot note on the flyer.
>
> Ciao,
> Gabriele
>
>

Regards,
Oleg
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