Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly

From: Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly
Date: 2002-07-12 03:37:56
Message-ID: 200207112337.56730.lamar.owen@wgcr.org
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On Thursday 11 July 2002 11:29 pm, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Lamar Owen wrote:
> > Well, you're right. *I* can't shut anything down (except my server...).
> > But my reply was targeted to the 'who died and made you king' ad hominem.

> And my reply was to those who wanted to shut down the discussion.
> Lamar, you weren't one of them.

As I was in the cc list, it was my message replied to, and my Asperger's
kicked in again, I misunderstood.

> The discussion addressed a serious issue, specifically that though
> PostgreSQL looks great on paper, with the Postgre* and the SQL, it is
> hard to pronounce.

You know, I think I brought the issue up once myself. But I further realized
that it really isn't hard to pronounce.

> Sure, just call us Database. Maybe Red Hat Database is a trend. ;-)

We might get confused with dBASE. Hmmm. pBASE? (nah.)
--
Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
1 Peter 4:11

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