| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, Guido Barosio <gbarosio(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL name |
| Date: | 2008-05-20 15:05:32 |
| Message-ID: | 4832E8BC.6000608@commandprompt.com |
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Robert Treat wrote:
>> The case is that the .org FAQ explains that both names are just fine,
>> and I am happy with that, but I seem to recall that PostgreSQL was the
>> preferred option. Though, if this is the case we should change that
>> from the site, right?
>>
>
> PostgreSQL is the official name of the project, but Postgres is considered an
> officially accepted nickname. At this point that means that you should use
> the name PostgreSQL when you are creating materials that will represent the
> project (for example, the PostgreSQL website uses (or tries to use) the name
> PostgreSQL throughout). HTH.
>
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/ProjectName
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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