| From: | Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL) |
| Date: | 2007-08-30 20:02:17 |
| Message-ID: | 46D72249.9040606@joeconway.com |
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> In summary, looking at possible conclusions to this discussion, I think
> we have:
>
> 1) No change
> 2) Emphasize "Postgres" more as an alternative
> 3) Change the name to "PostgresQL"
> 4) Change the name to "Postgres QL"
> 5) Change the name to "Postgres"
6) Change the name to "Postgres" and emphasize "PostgreSQL" as
an alternative
My vote -- #6. Announce it with release of 8.3. Allow a relatively slow,
natural transition from "PostgreSQL with Postgres as alt" to "Postgres
with PostgreSQL as alt" (e.g. over the course of a year or so as has
been mentioned).
Joe
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