Re: Update to FAQ

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:42:07 -0000
"Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com> wrote:

> ! In November 2007 a classic Open Source debate took place on
> whether ! or not to change the name of the PostgreSQL project to
> Postgres. ! It was decided that Postgres would be an officially
> recognized ! nickname but that the name would remain PostgreSQL.
> Postgres was ! the original name of the project at Berkeley and is
> strongly ! preferred over other nicknames. If you find
> 'PostgreSQL' hard ! to pronounce, call it 'Postgres' instead.
> !
>
> The debate has certainly spread well before (and after) November 2007.

The "decision" came down from core in 11/2007 which is why I referenced
it.

> Not sure what makes it a "classic Open Source debate" either.

Long winded, full of flames and pointless :P

> Because
> it was debated in the open? I think the "decision" was basically
> Core's punting of making the tough but necessary decision to make
> the project name pronounceable once again (if I can add some spin
> of my own :). If we are going to say "It was decided", we need
> to state who (Core) actually did the decreeing / deciding.

Dave Page:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-advocacy/2007-11/msg00109.php

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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