| From: | Ron Peterson <ron(dot)peterson(at)yellowbank(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Change the name |
| Date: | 2007-09-15 12:09:44 |
| Message-ID: | 20070915120944.GB20499@yellowbank.com |
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2007-09-15_07:44:38-0400 Markus Schiltknecht <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>:
> >That already happened. There has only been one official name for some
> >time now, but people still continue using an unofficial name that they
> >like better. How would switching the official name change this?
>
> Huh? That seems obvious: switching to the easier name means adopting
> what people generally seem to like better. So that nobody must
> abbreviate the name anymore, because it's short and simple enough.
That's based on the assumption that everyone believes 'Postgres' is
clearly a better name, and that 'PostgreSQL' was simply an unfortunate
historical accident. That's not true.
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Ron Peterson
https://www.yellowbank.com/
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