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From: markd@rtech.UUCP (Mark P. Diamond)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: The Corporate Name shuffle
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Date: 18 Dec 89 17:36:25 GMT
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From article <25887A2F.775@telly.on.ca>, by evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch):
>>
>>INGRES comes from  Ingres Corperation (what was RTI). The name changed
>>earlier this year.
> 
> Can anyone explain to me what's the corporate mentality of renaming the
> WHOLE COMPANY after just one if its products (even if its the biggest
> product).
> 

What do you mean the after only one of our products?  Ingres with its
many options including consulting and training is our only product. 
Many people know Ingres, fewer people know who Relational Technology
is/was.  Many times I would meet someone on a plane, tell them
I work for Relational Technolgoy, and they wouldn't know who we
were.  Then mention Ingres and "Oh yes, I have used Ingres quite
a bit."

Mark <>
Mark P. Diamond    {sequent,mtxinu,sun,hoptoad}!rtech!markd markd@rtech.com 
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