Re: Why the elephant?

In response to David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>:

> On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 01:25:03PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote:
> > In response to "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>:
> > > Jim Nasby wrote:
> > > > On Jun 8, 2007, at 9:05 AM, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:
> > > >> additionally Elephants are known to be gentle to their
> > > >> surroundings.
> > > >
> > > > Huh? Is that before or after they've knocked trees down to feed?
> > > > :)
> > >
> > > Considering they can run 20 miles an hour (faster than the average
> > > human) they can knock down as many trees as they want, as long as
> > > they aren't chasing me.
> >
> > Based on the responses to this, perhaps we should add to the list of
> > reasons: "Because elephants kick ass!"
> >
> > I can see the TV commercial in my head, Elephant is stomping on a
> > dolphin, announcer says, "PostgreSQL, because elephants kick more
> > ass than dolphins."
>
> MySQL hasn't ever been PostgreSQL's competition. Oracle and MS-SQL
> Server are.

In the eyes of the educated, yes. But we're not talking about educated
people, here. We're talking about MARKETING!

And, in the eyes of MySQL, PostgreSQL is often considered competition.

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Bill Moran
http://www.potentialtech.com