Re: Two Flyers

Lamar Owen wrote:
> On Saturday 10 July 2004 14:04, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Lamar Owen wrote:
> > > Our upcoming 6.5 release marks the development team's final
> > > mastery of the source code we inherited from Berkeley.
>
> > That phrase is even in our release notes:
> >        This release marks a major step in the development team's mastery of
> >        the source code we inherited from Berkeley.
>
> Not the same phrase, and the second one, in the release notes, doesn't sound
> arrogant at all.  It's the 'final' portion that caught my eyebrow....
>
> > and, yes, it was me who wrote that.  Many felt it was embarrasing to
> > admit we didn't have full understanding of all the PostgreSQL modules
> > before 6.5, but it was the truth, so if you thought it was arrogant, I
> > must have struck the right balance.
>
> Some balance... But, yes, I was lurking the lists at the time and I remember
> some of the comments.  The mastery has certainly increased since then.  But
> 'final mastery' is somewhat an asymptotic goal, no?

Yes, "final" mastery wasn't my wording.  Not even sure if that makes
sense in this context.

> The release notes have the right balance, because they leave room for the
> (realized) improvements since 6.5.  I look forward to the next five years,
> given the strides that have been made in the last five.
>
> > The Sloney elephant looks like he has an attitude, though.  :-)
>
> Hmmm, just now noticed that.  My preference is the 'slonik' one; the Slony one
> looks as if one has angered him/her.
>
> But the PostGIS one takes the prize.  Talk about World Domination...

Ah, yes, very cute.

I think maybe we should make our catch phrase:

    Fortress PostgreSQL:  The Bomb

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