| From: | "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Jan Wieck" <JanWieck(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Andy Astor" <andy(dot)astor(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>, "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL) |
| Date: | 2007-09-02 00:52:01 |
| Message-ID: | 36e682920709011752j1c9e6737g449759d47b498be0@mail.gmail.com |
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On 9/1/07, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> Do you have any clue how many countless hours of useless discussion this
> name has cost us already? Unproductive hours that community members
> could otherwise have spent doing something useful. And I guarantee you,
> this nonsense will continue as long as the community as a whole is
> clinging to the situation as it is, driven by the fear factor you and
> others are using to encourage resisting change.
Agreed.
> Sum that up and try to put a price tag on it. I am sure if you do this
> seriously you will grossly exceed any costs the actual change could
> possibly cause.
Agreed.
> Do it the other way around please. The name Postgres is the original
> project name. PostgreSQL was a buzzword enhanced marketing gag that we
> will keep tolerating.
Agreed.
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