| From: | Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie> |
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| To: | Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, 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 10:29:11 |
| Message-ID: | 4CAAFDF7.2020703@iol.ie |
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On 05/10/2010 11:22, Greg Smith wrote:
> 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.
+1 on not using "Great Leap Forward".
I like "PostgreSQL Reloaded" - but I'm a Matrix fan. :-)
Ray.
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Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland
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