Re: New mug design

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Rob Napier <rob(at)doitonce(dot)net(dot)au>
Cc: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Thom Brown <thombrown(at)gmail(dot)com>, damien clochard <damien(at)dalibo(dot)info>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, "Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum" <adsmail(at)wars-nicht(dot)de>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: New mug design
Date: 2009-11-29 00:10:26
Message-ID: 200911290010.nAT0AQq11789@momjian.us
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Rob Napier wrote:
> Whatever kind of coffee you make, you still need some water.

Yes, but you combine the water and the coffee outside the mug. ;-)
Unless we are talking about cheap instant coffee, and we all agree
Postgres should not be associated with cheap, poor-tasting coffee;
there are other databases for that. ;-)

> e.g. Outside the USA, very few people use cream (or anything
> pretending to be cream).

Uh, how come they put milk in tea only outside the USA? As a tea
drinker, I am confused. ;-)

> Even when I make a cappucino I need water to make steam.

Do you do that in the mug?

> I think that we have to expect American culture in the message
> even though it is supposed to be targeted at an international
> market unless you opt for a more generic message.

I didn't realize the cream/milk issue. Is there something else we can
include?

> Anyway, I think the idea of tying the function of the coffee
> mug to PostgreSQL concepts has a lot of merit.

Cool.

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