Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
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 03:59:23
Message-ID: 8102.1025841563@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"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
that's what we use informally most of the time. 'PostgreSQL' is about
as marketing-unfriendly a name as you could easily find...

I'd not be in favor of picking something new out of the blue, but I'd
pick 'Postgres' over 'PostgreSQL' if it were up to me.

regards, tom lane

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