1) If you really want an animal then why not a DOG? the best friend of man ;-)
...but I don't think that an animal is a good image for PostgreSQL.
Are ask yourself, what ppl see in their mind, when they read the word
PostgreSQL ?
If you want to know what I see, I see an acronym or monogram of more than
one word (exactly 3 words; Post, Ingres and SQL).
2) lets analyzing PostgreSQL...
The origin of POST should be Latin and it stands for after or beyond.
The root of INGRES should be the Latin word INGRESSIO that stands for entrance
The meaning of SQL... (you know that)
Well POST INGRESSIONE (beyond entrance) SQL
What's there beyond entrance ? Information, data, knowledge, etc.
I have recently see a home page with an splendid door with a legend that
said: "click here to enter".
In our case we can have a library beyond the entrance with information and
knowledge, and users can access to this marvelous world using POST INGRESSIONE.
3) An alternative should be the word:
Postgr(ADUATE) = PostgreSQL
In British English a postgraduate is a student with a first degree
from a university who is doing research at a more advanced level.
Do we want graduate PostgreSQL... well maybe a laurel crown should represent
it.
Comments ?
Jose'