| From: | Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Michael Alan Brewer <mbrewer(at)gmail(dot)com>, Gabriele Bartolini <gabriele(dot)bartolini(at)2ndquadrant(dot)it>, jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Wanted: new project slogan |
| Date: | 2010-01-28 13:59:10 |
| Message-ID: | 87iqam1gb5.fsf@hi-media-techno.com |
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> On ons, 2010-01-27 at 11:45 -0800, Jeff Davis wrote:
>> Many suggestions in this thread use "Database" interchangeably with
>> "Database Management System". The latter is a little verbose, but
>> "Database System" should be concise enough for a slogan without losing
>> the meaning.
>
> You are completely right that "PostgreSQL" is not a "database", but it's
> tempting to use it in a slogan because it's shorter and more
> recognizable. But "database system" is also not correct, and arguably
> not as short and recognizable. So you'd get the worst of both worlds
> that way.
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-advocacy/2010-01/msg00053.php
The Professional Database Solution
It's missing something yet, but hopefully with some contribution we'd
get there.
--
dim
Each time I'm asked to give an overly brief comparision between MySQL
and PostgreSQL, I begin with the punch line: well, with MySQL you get
problems, with PostgreSQL, solutions.
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