Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: "Decibel!" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)
Date: 2007-08-31 22:43:24
Message-ID: 46D8998C.2050401@commandprompt.com
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Jan Wieck wrote:
> On 8/31/2007 6:21 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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>> Ignoring the requirements of the communities in charge of the majority
>> of advocacy of the larger whole is bad idea.
>
> You entirely seem to ignore that quite some number of community members
> (me included) already abandoned this QL name monster and are referring
> to our product by its original, well known name Postgres.

No I am not ignoring it at all. I consider Postgres a valid nickname for
the project PostgreSQL. I see zero reason to go through the hassle of
changing everything for the sake of two bytes. If you want to call it
Postgres call it Postgres, add an entry to the FAQ that it is a valid
shortening of the name and call it good.

Joshua D. Drake

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