From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl> |
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To: | Mike Mascari <mascarm(at)mascari(dot)com> |
Cc: | "Jeroen T(dot) Vermeulen" <jtv(at)xs4all(dot)nl>, Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: LinuxTag wrapup |
Date: | 2004-07-04 04:10:52 |
Message-ID: | 20040704041052.GA20039@dcc.uchile.cl |
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On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 11:33:35PM -0400, Mike Mascari wrote:
> The fact that novices can't pronounce the name correctly is a
> problem. People will be afraid to raise the possibility as a
> solution in the enterprise if they think they'll look like a fool
> pronouncing the name aloud. I remember back in '94 being "corrected"
> when talking about Linux in the enterprise - and I was corrected in
> the wrong direction.
You made me remember that some time ago a non-tech fellow presented me
as giving a talk about "Postgresol" ... the audience had quite a laugh.
It seems nobody thought about instructing him on how to pronounce the
thing ... it was rather embarrasing anyway.
--
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"En las profundidades de nuestro inconsciente hay una obsesiva necesidad
de un universo lógico y coherente. Pero el universo real se halla siempre
un paso más allá de la lógica" (Irulan)
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