On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 11:33:35PM -0400, Mike Mascari wrote:
> The fact that novices can't pronounce the name correctly is a
> problem. People will be afraid to raise the possibility as a
> solution in the enterprise if they think they'll look like a fool
> pronouncing the name aloud. I remember back in '94 being "corrected"
> when talking about Linux in the enterprise - and I was corrected in
> the wrong direction.
You made me remember that some time ago a non-tech fellow presented me
as giving a talk about "Postgresol" ... the audience had quite a laugh.
It seems nobody thought about instructing him on how to pronounce the
thing ... it was rather embarrasing anyway.
--
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"En las profundidades de nuestro inconsciente hay una obsesiva necesidad
de un universo l�gico y coherente. Pero el universo real se halla siempre
un paso m�s all� de la l�gica" (Irulan)
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