Re: FAQ 1.1

From: Jim Nasby <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
To: Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: FAQ 1.1
Date: 2006-04-06 16:03:18
Message-ID: 415BAF92-C53F-44F3-80D9-5FDCF7431E36@pervasive.com
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On Apr 3, 2006, at 11:23 PM, Chris Browne wrote:

> jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com (Jim Nasby) writes:
>> On Mar 31, 2006, at 4:17 AM, Dave Page wrote:
>>> Given the tendency people have to remove the capitalised bits to get
>>> 'postgre', we'd probably end up with 'ostres'
>>
>> Man I hate when people do that.
>>
>> I think we should just rename the database to 'Fred'. :)
>
> Yeah, someone at the office was asking me on the elevator about
> whether some Post-something was somehow up and coming.
>
> In retrospect, I think he was trying to pronounce Postgre, and arrived
> at something I had never heard before...

And it doesn't help when "post-something" could also mean a very
popular MTA...
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