From: | Boszormenyi Zoltan <zb(at)cybertec(dot)at> |
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To: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: 8.5 vs. 9.0, Postgres vs. PostgreSQL |
Date: | 2010-01-23 19:16:38 |
Message-ID: | 4B5B4B16.6000507@cybertec.at |
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David E. Wheeler írta:
> On Jan 23, 2010, at 3:25 AM, Greg Stark wrote:
>
>
>> Actually the original promounciation was mee-ess-cue-ell, "My" is
>> monty's daughter's name and is pronounced like that. People generally
>> pronounced it "my" though so they just made that the official
>> pronounciation -- but they still don't approve of "my-sequel".
>>
>
> We could go with "PrySQL," as in you can pry it from my cold dead fingers. Or if you're Finnish, you can think of it as coming before SQL.
>
> Or maybe "TrySQL", to encourage you to try it and because you can make tress out of it. It's greener, too.
>
> Or perhaps OMGWTFSQL. No, wait, sorry, that's what I say when I'm working with MySQL.
>
> How about "PugSQL"? It's kind of butch, keeps the "pg" part, and we could have a dog logo.
>
IIRC, Pug is a little leprechaun in Shakespeare's Midsummer night's dream.
Another logo change opportunity. :-)
> Or maybe we can determine that geeks are completely useless at branding and not touch this issue with a 10m pole.
>
> So, 10mPoleSQL it is. Or maybe KillThisFuckingThreadSQL. Rather suggestive, don't you think?
>
> Best,
>
> David
>
--
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"But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more
than these cometh of evil." (Matthew 5:37) - basics of digital technology.
"May your kingdom come" - superficial description of plate tectonics
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