| From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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| To: | Amos Hayes <ahayes(at)ingenia(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Steve Logue <stevel(at)mail(dot)cdsnet(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] Postgres vs commercial products |
| Date: | 1998-07-22 16:18:23 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.3.96.980722121503.23582K-100000@hub.org |
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On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Amos Hayes wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Steve Logue wrote:
>
> > > postgres willing to create a logo a la apache, powered by postgresql?
> > > it'll be up on my site in no time at all.
> >
> > Since I last made a batch of logo's to prompt comments, I've been meaning to
> > make a "serious" attempt again but keep getting side tracked. View
> > http://www.nettek-llc.com/postgresql/. Hopefully soon, I will spend a
> > weekend on making something mo'better. Comments are welcome.
>
> I almost hate to ask, and really, it's not a big deal to me personally,
> but why is it called "PostgreSQL"?
It used to be called Postgres95, which was Jolly and Andrew's
"joke/play" on Windows95...when it came time to rename it, we wanted to
maintain the 'history' of it being a Postgres4.2 based system, while
bringing forward the fact that it no longer maintained the old non-SQL
based query language...so the name PostgreSQL arose....
Pronounced: Postgres-Q-L
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