Re: The naming question WAS: Theme of this release: Performance?

From: Robert Bernier <robert(dot)bernier5(at)sympatico(dot)ca>
To: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: The naming question WAS: Theme of this release: Performance?
Date: 2007-08-27 19:46:43
Message-ID: 200708271546.43164.robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca
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On Monday 27 August 2007 15:36, Ron Peterson wrote:
> 2007-08-27_14:49:54-0400 Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>:
>
> * It's google'able. Think of all of the documentation out there which
> refers to PostgreSQL. When people start searching for 'postgres'
> they'll get virtually nothing.

FYI: I never google postgresql, always postgres

> * Why 'Postgres'? Any marketing effort this large should start from
> scratch, and consider all possibilities, not just default to something
> barely different for the sake of easing the terrible pronunciation
> challenge.

I've noticed that it's easier pronouncing 'Postgres' than 'PostgreSQL' in languages other than English (the SQL part gets lost in the translation).

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