Re: Changing the name

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> wow! so now that people knows about us *is* the better time to change the name?
> why? for keeping people away because they will think that we "are not
> PostgreSQL but maybe some kind of strange fork called Postgres"?

Um...it's already *very* widely known as Postgres. I don't think
anyone out there considers Postgres a "fork" of PostgreSQL. (although
it's tempting at times to create one :)

> while i prefer the name postgres because it's more easy to pronounce
> for non native english speakers

Right. For English speakers as well.

> if we change the name we lose history in the mind of people that
> doesn't know the project so closely to know that this thread appears
> every often...

I'm not sure what you mean by this - people would not make the association
of Postgres <=> PostgreSQL, an already very strong link?

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