Sorry, don't have the thread in my mail anymore, so new thread.

Today I got this snippet in the mail regarding permission to install  
Bacula on a subcontractor's systems:

"Regarding `the count bacula', I need to escalate your request to my  
colleagues in *** to see if it can co-exist with ***. I'll let you know."

Somehow that sounds ominous. Personally I appreciate the catchphrase's  
humour, and apparently my counterpart above does too, but it also gives  
the wrong impression regarding maturity (of the product) to his PHB.

If Bacula (or more importantly Bacula Systems) wants to be perceived as  
professional, it needs to be acknowledged that engineering culture (read  
humour) is not compatible with management/business culture. IMHO it's a  
mistake to rely on the engineering layer's ability to sensibly filter this  
to management, at least the 'sucks by night' catchphrase needlessly  
complicates acceptance and has to go.


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