| From: | Thomas Hallgren <thhal(at)mailblocks(dot)com> |
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| To: | Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Name change proposal |
| Date: | 2005-04-01 11:44:39 |
| Message-ID: | thhal-0qcwoA1W8yCcqgC4GeL/jnC+OTD2V/z@mailblocks.com |
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Richard Huxton wrote:
> Michael Fuhr wrote:
>
>> I'd like to propose that we abandon the name "PostgreSQL" and rename the
>> project "Postgre", to be pronounced either "post-greh" or "post-gree".
>> This change would have a twofold purpose: it would meet popular demand,
>> and it would reflect my next proposal, that we abandon SQL as the query
>> language and replace it with Tutorial D.
>
>
> You forgot to suggest switching to GPL and rewriting in Java :-)
>
That will happen fairly soon, PL/Java will implement more and more of
the backend functionality until all C-code is made obsolete. It will
still be a BSD style license though. A first release should be ready for
4/1/2006.
Regards,
Thomas Hallgren
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