Re: Change the name

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, Andy Astor <andy(dot)astor(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Subject: Re: Change the name
Date: 2007-09-14 17:09:26
Message-ID: 200709141709.l8EH9RG10899@momjian.us
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > My basic issue is we can't use "asking for more details" to forever
> > block this change. That's how organizations stop growing.
> >
>
> 5000 bucks and a case of whatever you drink says, that if we drop this
> topic, PostgreSQL won't stop growing.

True, but will a name change increase growth?

The bottom line is I am fine with accepting whatever the group wants on
this, but I don't want our institutional momentum to prevent a change
if a change is overall beneficial. Institutional momentum can be a very
dangerous thing. I am sure we have all seen its effects.

I think one of our big strengths is a lack of institutional friction in
forward momentum.

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