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From: Shark8 <OneWingedShark@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: What makes a good mascot?
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 09:30:15 -0700
Date: 2014-11-15T09:30:15-07:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <qcL9w.107785$EL7.83280@fx31.iad> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86a93srgz7.fsf@gaheris.avalon.lan>

On 15-Nov-14 01:43, Mart van de Wege wrote:
> Orca <seal@whales.org> writes:
>
>> On 2014-11-14, Jacob Sparre Andersen <jacob@jacob-sparre.dk> wrote:
>> What about a dolphin? Most people like dolphins. They're sleek and fast and
>> very intelligent. All things people like about Ada :-)
>
> Already taken by MySQL, I'm afraid. And that's the kind of association I
> think Ada would want to stay away from.

I agree -- there's some really good arguments against using MySQL here:
http://grimoire.ca/mysql/choose-something-else

  reply	other threads:[~2014-11-15 16:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 96+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-11-14  4:37 The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot David Botton
2014-11-14  5:09 ` Niklas Holsti
2014-11-14  5:31   ` David Botton
2014-11-14  5:40     ` David Botton
2014-11-14  8:55     ` Gour
2014-11-15 17:19     ` Niklas Holsti
2014-11-15 17:21     ` Niklas Holsti
2014-11-14  5:15 ` Hubert
2014-11-14 15:00   ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-14 15:26     ` David Botton
2014-11-14 16:10       ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-14  6:04 ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-11-14  9:35   ` What makes a good mascot? (Was: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot) Jacob Sparre Andersen
2014-11-14 10:24     ` David Botton
2014-11-14 10:51       ` What makes a good mascot? Jacob Sparre Andersen
2014-11-14 10:54         ` David Botton
2014-11-14 10:56         ` Orca
2014-11-14 12:24           ` David Botton
2014-11-14 14:14             ` G.B.
2014-11-14 16:08           ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-14 17:52           ` jm.tarrasa
2014-11-14 18:40             ` Björn Lundin
2014-11-15  8:43           ` Mart van de Wege
2014-11-15 16:30             ` Shark8 [this message]
2014-11-14 16:08     ` What makes a good mascot? (Was: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot) Luke A. Guest
2014-11-14 16:10       ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-15 23:22         ` Lucretia
2014-11-16  0:42           ` David Botton
2014-11-16  2:49             ` David Botton
2014-11-16 18:59               ` AdaMagica
2014-11-16 19:07                 ` David Botton
2014-11-16 19:15                   ` What makes a good mascot? Simon Wright
2014-11-16 19:40                     ` David Botton
2014-11-17 13:13                   ` What makes a good mascot? (Was: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot) AdaMagica
2014-11-17 14:25                     ` G.B.
2014-11-17 14:56                     ` David Botton
2014-11-17 15:11                       ` AdaMagica
2014-11-17 15:14                         ` David Botton
2014-11-17 15:29                           ` J-P. Rosen
2014-11-17 15:46                             ` AdaMagica
2014-11-17 16:50                               ` J-P. Rosen
2014-11-18  1:04                                 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-21 11:12                                 ` AdaMagica
2014-11-17 16:09                         ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-17 17:49                       ` Peter Chapin
2014-11-17 17:56                         ` David Botton
2014-11-17 17:57                     ` What makes a good mascot? Simon Wright
2014-11-24 11:36                       ` nospamthanks
2014-11-24 17:18                         ` Simon Wright
2014-11-14 18:53     ` What makes a good mascot? (Was: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot) Jeffrey Carter
2014-11-14 19:13       ` David Botton
2014-11-14 20:20         ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-11-14 21:41           ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-15  0:01           ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2014-11-15 12:09       ` Brian Drummond
2014-11-14 15:00   ` The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot Luke A. Guest
2014-11-14 15:49     ` J-P. Rosen
2014-11-14 17:15   ` Brad Moore
2014-11-14 19:40     ` Brad Moore
2014-11-14 22:57       ` Qun-Ying
2014-11-14 23:57         ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2014-11-14 19:22   ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2014-11-14 16:46 ` Jonathan
2014-11-15 13:49   ` Mart van de Wege
2014-11-15 16:34     ` Shark8
2014-11-14 22:24 ` rriehle
2014-11-16  0:41   ` David Botton
2014-11-15  9:22 ` vincent.diemunsch
2014-11-15  9:36   ` Gour
2014-11-15  9:36   ` vincent.diemunsch
2014-11-16  2:46   ` David Botton
2014-11-15 18:19 ` Jonathan
2014-11-16 23:09 ` Bruce Hennessy
2014-11-16 23:52   ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-17 13:49   ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2014-11-17  1:07 ` Simon Clubley
2014-11-17  1:19   ` David Botton
2014-11-17  9:24   ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2014-11-17 12:27   ` Brian Drummond
2014-11-19 19:30 ` johannes falcone
2014-11-19 19:51   ` David Botton
2014-11-19 23:27     ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-11-21 19:00 ` sbelmont700
2014-11-21 19:20   ` David Botton
2014-11-21 23:02   ` Björn Lundin
2014-12-05 14:49     ` David Botton
2014-12-05 19:19       ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-22 10:02   ` Natasha Kerensikova
2014-11-22 12:36     ` Jerry van Dijk
2014-11-22 18:59       ` AdaMagica
2014-11-23  9:10       ` Simon Clubley
2014-12-01 19:11     ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2014-12-01 19:14       ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2014-12-02  6:00         ` J-P. Rosen
2014-11-28  0:34 ` David Pereira
2014-11-28 16:16   ` Dennis Lee Bieber
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