| From: | Tommy Gildseth <tommy(dot)gildseth(at)usit(dot)uio(dot)no> |
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| To: | Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Gabriele Bartolini <gabriele(dot)bartolini(at)2ndquadrant(dot)it>, PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: New mug design |
| Date: | 2009-12-02 07:21:27 |
| Message-ID: | 4B161577.1080701@usit.uio.no |
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Greg Stark wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:40 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> It could be:
>>
>> START TRANSACTION:
>
> I don't feel these make it better. The point of the pun is to have
> something which looks natural and not out of place but which also
> reads as an english sentence telling people they should use Postgres.
> START TRANSACTION is imho a compatibility syntax we have to ease
> migration from other systems and neither reads naturally as an
> postgresish sql command, nor does it have a double-meaning unless it's
> saying that people should buy a license or support contract.
>
> An argument could be made for BEGIN WORK -- but even that seems out of
> place to me.
Doesn't work always begin with a coffee?
--
Tommy Gildseth
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