Out with the old, in with the new

The good news is that I've successfully got my picture being flagged up with my blog articles in Google Search. 

The bad news is that sometimes (mostly ?) it has the picture from my deprecated 'domain' GPlus account rather than my primary one. I suspect I need to take more drastic steps to eliminate the old profile. 

Folks, we have an Image Problem

Firstly the Daily WTF
"The forums have strong feelings about Oracle. Not a single one of those feelings is positive." 
This was actually a post in their "I hate Oracle" forum so it may be a bit biased. But the fact that the Dailt WTF have opened a forum just for Oracle with that name, well I get the hint.


It doesn't help that the only time Oracle hits the big news is when there's another major hole in Java. It's the only installer that comes with a revolving door as standard. Oh, and the Ask.com toolbar being foisted on people. 

Then I saw the video linked on the highscalability blog . The whole relational / SQL database market has all the cool of, well, a Blackberry phone. It doesn't help that no-one can decide whether to pronounce it S-Q-L or see-quel.

While the video suggest a few fresh naming options, I think we need to be radical. ACIDbase recalls the core requirements of the relational model, suggests danger with a hint of rebellious substance abuse and coolly trips off the tongue. The only disadvantage is that the chemists seem to have wrapped up the best domain names. 

Now all we need is a fresh mascot. I suggest...Beaker

I'll have my people call his people....