From: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
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To: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL vs. Postgres labeling inconsistency |
Date: | 2007-10-05 19:21:52 |
Message-ID: | 20071005192152.GF6005@fetter.org |
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On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 12:17:40PM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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> > On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 11:43:45AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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> >> David Fetter wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 07:22:01PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> >>>> Some of you may have noticed that there was a move proposed to
> >>>> use "Postgres" alongside "PostgreSQL" as a product name in the
> >>>> documentation and other written resources. A change along that
> >>>> line has already been made in the FAQ.
> >>>>
> >>>> So I think what is being proposed is wrong and needs to be
> >>>> reverted.
> >>> That, or (my preference) make the change larger. I think it's
> >>> significant that the vast majority of compatible software has some
> >>> variant of Postgres and *not* PostgreSQL in the name.
> >> I have seen no evidence of this.
> >
> > For evidence, take a look at the "Products" section of the Postgres
> > Weekly News.
>
> I just read through all products sections in the PostgreSQL weekly news
> from 07-22-07 to 09-30-07.
Nice job of careful cherry-picking, but I'm not buying it.
Cheers,
D
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