Re: 8.5 vs. 9.0, Postgres vs. PostgreSQL

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Mark Mielke <mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc>
Cc: Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>, Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 8.5 vs. 9.0, Postgres vs. PostgreSQL
Date: 2010-01-23 03:08:39
Message-ID: A48C4F8A-27AB-4808-9629-624905BBE126@kineticode.com
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On Jan 22, 2010, at 4:54 PM, Mark Mielke wrote:

> MS SQL, MySQL, SQLite - do they have advocacy problems due to the SQL in their name? I think it is the opposite. SQL in the name almost grants legitimacy to them as products. Dropping the SQL has the potential to increase confusion. What is a Postgres? :-)

Something that comes after black, but before white.

David

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