Re: my signature

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Merlin Moncure wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 12:26 PM, C?dric Villemain
> > > <cedric(dot)villemain(dot)debian(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > >> Robert, Please don't add confusion to your signature : PostgreSQL is a
> > >> community project not an enterprise product.
> > >> --
> > >> C?dric Villemain? ? ? ? ? ? ?? 2ndQuadrant
> > >> http://2ndQuadrant.fr/? ?? PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support
> > >
> > > Uh, whoa. ?That came out of nowhere for me. ?I have been using this
> > > signature for about a year, and nobody's said anything about it
> > > before. ?"The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company" is our corporate slogan,
> > > and at least three of us have it in our signature for that reason,
> > > much as (or so I gather) "PostgreSQL: Support, Training, and Services"
> > > is 2ndQuadrant's tagline (with some variations depending on the
> > > primary language of the person posting), and "The PostgreSQL Company -
> > > Command Prompt, Inc." is CommandPrompt's tag line. ?Any of those
> > > slogans - and *especially* CommandPrompt's - could be taken to imply
> > > that one of those companies is the primary driving force behind
> > > PostgreSQL, but in fact - as we are all aware - no one company
> > > dominates the market for PostgreSQL products and services, or controls
> > > its development.
> > >
> > > Someone from another community could be forgiven for thinking that any
> > > of those taglines intend to imply that the associated company occupies
> > > the same position with respect to PostgreSQL that 10gen has with
> > > respect to MongoDB, but I don't see that any one of them is
> > > exponentially more egregious than any of the others.
> > >
> > > Heck, even the name "PostgreSQL Experts, Inc." could be taken to imply
> > > that the rest of us are all chumps.
> >
> > Actually, I found it unprofessional as well.
> >
> > Merlin Moncure
> > Resident PostgreSQL Badass
>
> "Postgres Enterprise Badass Expert Services Company" ;-)

Oops, I forgot the "the":

The Postgres Enterprise Badass Expert Services Company

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