Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly

From: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(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: 2002-07-05 13:05:21
Message-ID: 20020705100444.X22387-100000@mail1.hub.org
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On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, Tom Lane wrote:

> "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> writes:
> >> At some point, we may have to modify our name and start at 1.0 again.
>
> > Ya, that's it ... we've only spent, what, 8 years now making 'PostgreSQL'
> > known, so let's change the name *just* so that we can start at 1.0 and
> > face a new challenge of getting ppl to recognize the name?
>
> I've heard a number of people opine that we should go back to just plain
> 'Postgres', which is pronounceable by the uninitiate, and besides which

I can never figure this out ... what is so difficult about 'Postgres-Q-L'?

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