Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly

From: Ricardo Junior <suga(at)netbsd(dot)com(dot)br>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly
Date: 2002-07-06 19:33:16
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0207061629200.445-100000@ricardo.localdomain
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Hi,

> I didn't write it correctly. He said "Postgray" I think or "Postgree".
> Both made me feel a little ill. The strange thing is that until
> PostgreSQL got popular, no one really said the word, we just wrote it,
> and my editor has a "PostgreSQL" string macro so I don't even type it
> anymore, but when you start to talk to people, it does become a problem.
>
> The idea of calling it "Postgres SQL Server" has merit because it is so
> close to what we already have, just an added 's' and a space.

Is this under discussion? I do think that "PostgreSQL" is a good
name but does cause a lot of confusion. I usually call it just "Postgres".
I don't see the necessity of having "SQL" in it's name, although "Postgres
SQL" is also interesting.

[]'s
Ricardo.

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