You're going to have a hard time convincing nontechnical managements they need to go with Cockroach instead of Oracle.
It's unfortunate the world works that way, but nevertheless, it works that way.
It could be the best database in the world. They did a real disservice to themselves by naming it after a bug people typically associate with filth, disease, and germs.
it's not at all unfortunate that the world works that way. What's really unfortunate is the founder of this seemingly great database system has decided to not care about how human psychology works.
Here's an Wikipedia excerpt on cockroach:
> They feed on human and pet food and can leave an offensive odor.[60] They can passively transport pathogenic microbes on their body surfaces, particularly in environments such as hospitals.[61][62] Cockroaches are linked with allergic reactions in humans.[63][64] One of the proteins that trigger allergic reactions is tropomyosin.[65] These allergens are also linked with asthma.[66] About 60% of asthma patients in Chicago are also sensitive to cockroach allergens. Studies similar to this have been done globally and all the results are similar. Cockroaches can live for a few days up to a month without food, so just because no cockroaches are visible in a home does not mean they are not there. Approximately 20-48% of homes with no visible sign of cockroaches have detectable cockroach allergens in dust.[67]
Human psychology is on their side, people just don't seem to understand it. Which is fine, most people are not marketing experts. FYI, it doesn't actually matter how much you dislike the name, but when the time comes to make a choice between a silly negative name but unusual and very memorable because of that and between something boring you have seen just as much, you will trust the silly name more. And since database choice for most people is purely dogmatic one - the name gives Cockroach a slight competitive advantage (at the stage they are in).
It's unfortunate the world works that way, but nevertheless, it works that way.
It could be the best database in the world. They did a real disservice to themselves by naming it after a bug people typically associate with filth, disease, and germs.
Would you use something called TurdDB or AssDB?