Re: AW: How Do You Pronounce "PostgreSQL"?

On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Zeugswetter Andreas SB wrote:

>
> > In my personal experience, out in the real world, people refer to it as
> > "Postgres". The QL being a mouthful, and contrary to the common practice
> > of pronouncing SQL as SEQUEL. While Marc points out that technically
> > Postgres died when it left Berkeley, that discontinuity is really only
> > something we choose to acknowledge. As Henry points out, SQL
> > is only one
> > feature that happened to be added. Apart from not owning the domain
> > name, why shouldn't it just be "Postgres"?
>
> Everybody I know also still sais "Postgres", leaving out the Q L
> becaus it is too long. In german we would not have the "sequel" problem,
> since we pronounce it "ess ku ell". I think they all know that they are
> really
> referring to PostgreSQL.
>
> Guess what you find under www.postgres.com ? Yes, it is Great Bridge.
> postgresql.com is taken by some Korean domain grabber.
>
> BTW Marc, I would make www.postgres.org point to postgresql.

Not our domain to point ... it too belongs to Great Bridge ...