Re: Rebranding PostgreSQL

pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org wrote on 11/17/2005 12:33:11 PM:

> On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 02:19:28PM -0500, Vivek Khera wrote:
> > On Nov 16, 2005, at 1:09 PM, <john(dot)bender(at)hushmail(dot)com>
> > <john(dot)bender(at)hushmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > >There are a few obstinate anti-open source customers though, that
> > >prevent my plan from moving forward. They've bought into whatever
> > >hype they've read and just simply say no. Now, that said, they're
> > >fairly non-technical and probably had never heard of PostgreSQL
> > >before we presented our plan.
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You presented a plan to your customers. They roundly rejected it, for
whatever reason. The above sounds like an assumption. You plan to go
ahead with it anyway.

At best you could lose customers. At worst you could lose your company.