From: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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To: | Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Cc: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Using Postgres as an alias |
Date: | 2007-09-29 23:22:43 |
Message-ID: | 78AFA742039980A8C97389B0@ganymede.hub.org |
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- --On Saturday, September 29, 2007 17:47:21 -0400 Jan Wieck
<JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
wrote:
> I just want to know where the majority stands on Postgre. Because if the
> majority says we should not accept it, then I can add some code to the IRC
> bot to jump down the throat of ... er ... let me rephrase that ... politely
> point out that Postgre is NOT an accepted name of the project, whenever
> someone new to the channel is asking a Postgre related question. And it would
> also ask for everyone to correct it wherever there is a chance (I do admit
> that during the first meeting with a new customer isn't really a good chance).
>
> But if instead, the majority thinks we should gallantly overlook the use of
> Postgre and act as if the person had accidentally made a typing error meaning
> Postgres indeed, we defacto do accept Postgre and should document it that way.
>
> Can't have it both ways.
If we want 'rude and ignorant that might push ppl away', go with the former ...
myself, I'm in the latter group ...
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