Re: Using Postgres as an alias

In presentations, articles, blogs, etc. Any publicly visible spot.

Derek M. Rodner
Director, Product Strategy
EnterpriseDB Corporation
732-331-1333 office
484-252-1943 cell
www.enterprisedb.com

----- Original Message -----
From: pgsql-advocacy-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org <pgsql-advocacy-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Wed Sep 26 14:23:50 2007
Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Using Postgres as an alias

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > In an attempt to get "Postgres" more widely used, I propose changing
> > "PostgreSQL" to "Postgres" in the documentation when there is more
> > than one mention of "PostgreSQL" in the same paragraph.
>
> I don't see why the documentation readers should be the first victims of
> our differences about product naming. Technical documentation is the
> last place where you want to be ambiguous and inconsistent. If you
> want to introduce useless randomness, please start somewhere else.

If we agree we should mention our alias "Postgres" more, where do you
propose we do that? I suggested the documentation and FAQ. Do you have
a better idea?

--
Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

+ If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +

---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings