From:
"Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To:
Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc:
Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>, "Petronenko D(dot)S(dot)" <petronenko(at)gmail(dot)com>,
pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject:
Re: The name of the game (was Re: postgre linkage with
Date:
2006-07-13 17:10:57
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2006-07-12 16:39:05 from "Petronenko D(dot)S(dot)" <petronenko(at)gmail(dot)com>
2006-07-12 17:39:27 from Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
2006-07-13 03:42:54 from Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
2006-07-13 04:09:57 from Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
2006-07-13 08:26:42 from "Andrej Ricnik-Bay" <andrej(dot)groups(at)gmail(dot)com>
2006-07-13 06:26:45 from "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
2006-07-13 16:52:11 from "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
2006-07-13 17:44:20 from Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
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2006-07-13 19:20:41 from Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
2006-07-13 23:14:22 from "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
2006-07-13 19:18:01 from Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
2006-07-13 19:20:58 from Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
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2006-07-13 20:32:11 from "Leif B(dot) Kristensen" <leif(at)solumslekt(dot)org>
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2006-07-23 18:41:27 from "Dawid Kuroczko" <qnex42(at)gmail(dot)com>
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2006-07-13 06:58:48 from Ron Mayer <rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com>
2006-07-13 14:49:14 from Anastasios Hatzis <ahatzis(at)gmx(dot)net>
2006-07-13 17:10:57 from "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
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On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Tom Lane wrote:
> Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org> writes:
>> On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 07:39:05PM +0300, Petronenko D.S. wrote:
>>> Can i get data in postgre from non-postgre db?
>
>> The name is PostgreSQL or Postgres, not postgre.
>
> It might help to explain that the pronunciation is "post-gres" or
> "post-gres-cue-ell", not "post-gray-something".
>
> I heard people making this same mistake in presentations at this
> past weekend's Postgres Anniversary Conference :-( Arguably,
> the 1996 decision to call it PostgreSQL instead of reverting to
> plain Postgres was the single worst mistake this project ever made.
> It seems far too late to change now, though.
Since alot of ppl tend to be using Postgres, I kinda see PostgreSQL as the
'formal, written word' while Postgres is the 'informal, spoken word' ...
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