Re: the PostgreSQL Elephant

From: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: the PostgreSQL Elephant
Date: 2004-07-12 20:49:18
Message-ID: 20040712174830.A867@ganymede.hub.org
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On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

>> that he "Used Daniel's Elephant", which I believe refers to Daniel
>> Lundin, though I don't recognize that name. Note also that that page
>> indicates that those logo's are for the community, not the corporation,
>> which in essence would mean that the company has posted that the logo is
>> for the community.
>
> I think the real problem is that while the community elephant and the
> postgresql, inc. elephant is the same, there is a unintended endorsement by
> the community to postgresql, inc.
>
> This is by no means a slam on postgresql, inc but it seems the community has
> always tried to be very business neutral and per Marc's own email
> the elephants should be different.

Per my own email? Huh? I'm against changing something that we've worked
>4 years on branding into ppl minds ...

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