| From: | Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, damien clochard <damien(at)dalibo(dot)info>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Need someone to design and "about 9.0" flyer |
| Date: | 2010-10-05 10:22:00 |
| Message-ID: | 4CAAFC48.1080207@2ndquadrant.com |
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Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 02:07, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Also, what do people think of the slogan "PostgreSQL's Great Leap
>> Forwards"? It's been used a couple of times, but I'm concerned about
>> offending Chinese and Chinese-American members of our community. How
>>
>
> Wow, I don't even understand why it would be offensive. But I don't
> doubt you when you say so. (feel free to explain off-list, but it's
> very much off-topic on list, I think)
>
The explanation is pretty quick: the first paragraph of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward tells why it's really
not a good slogan to use. Lots of bad sentiment attached to that
particular phrase. I like "Replication Made Easy" too.
--
Greg Smith, 2ndQuadrant US greg(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com Baltimore, MD
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support www.2ndQuadrant.us
Author, "PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance" Pre-ordering at:
https://www.packtpub.com/postgresql-9-0-high-performance/book
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