Re: name Re: Dropping postgres as a whole.

[Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>]

Ron Peterson wrote:
> 2007-09-27_14:24:47-0400 "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>:
> 
> > The reason I brought up Pg as a whole is:
> > 
> > 1. It is short and sweet
> 
> I think that's a problem.  I think Pg might be good name for a variable
> in some code, but not in written documentation.  My primary concern is
> the search engines.  Google is going to be the first place many, many
> people go to look for information.  Both 'PostgreSQL' and 'Postgres'
> unambiguously refer to a specific thing.  For better or worse, search
> engines have a huge impact on product visibility, and even usability.
> Try searching for information on 'screen' for example.
> 
> I do think it's fair to compare the merits of choosing a name based on
> its written impact vs. how it's spoken though.
> 
> I wonder what the record is for the longest running listserv thread.

The problem is it isn't.  ;-)

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