Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Sander Steffann <sander(at)steffann(dot)nl>
Cc: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly
Date: 2002-07-06 02:13:45
Message-ID: 200207060213.g662Dj911350@candle.pha.pa.us
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Sander Steffann wrote:
> > Beats me, but when the Addison-Wesley publisher called to talk to me
> > about doing a book, he called is Postgre. I knew we were in trouble.
>
> I know someone who does that too (even after telling him it is NOT Postgre a
> LOT of times)... I just don't know where people get that idea!

I didn't write it correctly. He said "Postgray" I think or "Postgree".
Both made me feel a little ill. The strange thing is that until
PostgreSQL got popular, no one really said the word, we just wrote it,
and my editor has a "PostgreSQL" string macro so I don't even type it
anymore, but when you start to talk to people, it does become a problem.

The idea of calling it "Postgres SQL Server" has merit because it is so
close to what we already have, just an added 's' and a space.

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