| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Curt Sampson <cjs(at)cynic(dot)net>, Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly |
| Date: | 2002-07-09 17:32:23 |
| Message-ID: | 200207091732.g69HWNi11953@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > I totally agree. The name has proven to be hard to pronounce, and that
> > is bad for marketing, period. Is marketing important enough to change
> > the name? That is the question.
>
> No, period.
>
> For starters, ppl are confusing 'word of mouth' with marketing, which they
> aren't the same ...
>
> Marketing *is* the 8 or so books on the shelves and at Amazon for
> PostgreSQL, and the ones to follow ...
So you think, even marketing-wise that PostgreSQL is better. At a
minimum, we should add "also called 'postgres'" to all our introductory
documentation.
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