Re: Re: Postgres vs. PostgreSQL

From: Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: Postgres vs. PostgreSQL
Date: 2000-04-11 13:52:49
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.21.0004110950470.41638-100000@paprika.michvhf.com
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On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, The Hermit Hacker wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
> > Considering that there is up to this day no terminally universal way to
> > pronounce 'Linux' (unless you know Swedish :), I don't think that's worth
> > worrying about. Personally, I find PostgreSQL very pronouncable though.
>
> Me too: Post-Gres-Q-L ..

Hmmm. I read an article/interview on Linus and he specifically stated
that it's pronounced "lee-nooks". The article's gone right now but I'm
pretty sure he had the accent on the first sylable.

Vince.
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