Re: Dropping postgres as a whole.

From: "Gavin M(dot) Roy" <gmr(at)myyearbook(dot)com>
To: "Andrew Sullivan" <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Dropping postgres as a whole.
Date: 2007-09-28 17:25:58
Message-ID: af1bce590709281025t2db36c34q2d3745fe90d2e9c1@mail.gmail.com
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Why stop there?
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*DATABASE*
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I can see it now... "I use Database and it Rocks!" "Which one?" "Database"

On 9/28/07, Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:13:47AM -0400, Brian Hurt wrote:
> > Given the length of this thread, I vote for "Digres".
>
> Except then it'll regularly get misspelled as Digress. And
> pronounced Dee'-gray.
>
> I think we should call it Gerwuffle. Like, "Yeah, go install that
> Gerwuffle over there, and twiddle the thingy, and you'll be set to
> go."
>
> Or, of course, we can do what certain other parties with previous
> renaming problems did. We can be The Database Formerly Known as
> Postgres. Then when someone complains about confusion with the
> PostQUEL-using version of the code, we can just become The Database.
> That oughta clear up any confusion, eh?
>
> A
>
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