Re: Change the name

Markus Schiltknecht wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ron Peterson wrote:
> > That's based on the assumption that everyone believes 'Postgres' is
> > clearly a better name, and that 'PostgreSQL' was simply an unfortunate
> > historical accident. That's not true.
>
> Yes, to me this is true. Because lots of people abbreviate 'PostgreSQL'
> with 'Postgres' mostly for easier pronunciation and simplicity. I doubt
> very much that, once 'Postgres' becomes the official name, anybody
> seriously wants to call it 'PostgreSQL' anymore.

The fact is that I use "Postgres" in all my speaches and press
interviews and no one has said they were confused. (They might have
been confused by other things I said, but not the name I used.)

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