Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Andy Astor <andy(dot)astor(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)yahoo(dot)com>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)
Date: 2007-09-03 15:24:09
Message-ID: 200709031524.l83FO9m29154@momjian.us
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Andy Astor escribi?:
>
> > Non-English Groups
> > ------------------
> > I've carefully read all the objections, including those of the non-English
> > PG organizations. But I don't believe anyone against this proposal mentioned
> > that Alvaro strongly supported the name change from his (Spanish)
> > perspective.
>
> One thing to note, though, is that we don't have as much activity as the
> other groups. In particular we haven't produced any swag with the
> PostgreSQL name, or even anything as a "PostgreSQL Day".

Agreed, but basing a name change on swag value seems unwise.

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