Hi,
I share Devrim's view. As someone who is principally concerned with the business perception of PostgreSQL, as opposed to its technical noteworthiness, I can't see a lot of point in attempting a rebranding exercise at this point in time. Energies would be better directed at marketing the product more aggressively, I feel.
The PostgreSQL 'brand', for all its awkwardness, is well established and phenomenally successful (though there is infinitely more that can be achieved). Its name is just not a strong aspect of its 'sales appeal'. There are plenty of precedents for this with commercially successful products, in my subjective opinion.
I would rather see the debate move to just that, how to better present PostgreSQL's commercial attractiveness - cost benefits, return on investment, strategic advantages etc...
Regards,
Liam
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http://fastware.com.au/postgresql.html> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-advocacy-owner@postgresql.org [
mailto:pgsql-advocacy - > owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Devrim GUNDUZ
> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 10:34 AM
> To: Jim Nasby
> Cc: PostgreSQL Advocacy
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Another reason to hate our name...
>
> Hello Jim,
>
> On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 18:21 -0500, Jim Nasby wrote:
> >
http://www.google.com/trends?q=postgresql%2Cpostgres%> > 2Cdb2&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all
> >
> > (Yes, I tried with MSSQL, Oracle and MySQL as well... the results...
> > weren't pretty)
>
> Did you also try with MS, OracleSQL and My? Removing SQL from
> Postgre(s) is the same as this, I think.
>
> I don't see a point in changing our name -- let's focus on new
> features, new marketing ideas, etc. If a person does not use
> PostgreSQL because of our name, then he/she may surely drop, I don't
> care.
>
> Cheers,
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