Re: Change the name

scrappy(at)hub(dot)org ("Marc G. Fournier") writes:
> --On Monday, September 03, 2007 13:20:39 -0500 Decibel! <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>
> wrote:
>
>> Ok, well, at the least then we really need to focus discussion on
>> "Should we change the name" and quit worrying about how we'll actually
>> do it.
>
> The other option is that EDB creates a Postgres community, GPLs the code and
> puts it all into Subversion, and run it in parallel to the PostgreSQL community
> ... then everyone that wants to keep the status quo can stick around and
> continue marketing and pushing PostgreSQL, and those that "want change" can
> just move over to that new project ...
>
> Now, *that* would be an interesting experiment ...

Ah, and I think that represents an interesting gedanken experiment as
to what proposal for change will get the wildest responses.

I'd sum that one up in two words:
In
and
sane.
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