Re: Name change proposal

I'd like to propose that we abandon the name "PostgreSQL" and rename the
project "Postgre", to be pronounced either "post-greh" or "post-gree".
This change would have a twofold purpose: it would meet popular demand,
and it would reflect my next proposal, that we abandon SQL as the query
language and replace it with Tutorial D.

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Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 05:40 pm, Michael Fuhr wrote:
> I'd like to propose that we abandon the name "PostgreSQL" and rename the
> project "Postgre", to be pronounced either "post-greh" or "post-gree".
> This change would have a twofold purpose: it would meet popular demand,
> and it would reflect my next proposal, that we abandon SQL as the query
> language and replace it with Tutorial D.
>
April 1 is nearly over.

> I'd like to propose that we abandon the name "PostgreSQL" and rename the
> project "Postgre", to be pronounced either "post-greh" or "post-gree".
> This change would have a twofold purpose: it would meet popular demand,
> and it would reflect my next proposal, that we abandon SQL as the query
> language and replace it with Tutorial D.

This idea has come up before on the mailing list, but it was abandoned
because most of the surveyed users pronounced Postgre-D to sound similar
to Regret.

The sales team felt that it might hinder market uptake.

Jeroen

Michael Fuhr wrote:
> I'd like to propose that we abandon the name "PostgreSQL" and rename the
> project "Postgre", to be pronounced either "post-greh" or "post-gree".
> This change would have a twofold purpose: it would meet popular demand,
> and it would reflect my next proposal, that we abandon SQL as the query
> language and replace it with Tutorial D.

You forgot to suggest switching to GPL and rewriting in Java :-)

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

Richard Huxton wrote:
> Michael Fuhr wrote:
>
>> I'd like to propose that we abandon the name "PostgreSQL" and rename the
>> project "Postgre", to be pronounced either "post-greh" or "post-gree".
>> This change would have a twofold purpose: it would meet popular demand,
>> and it would reflect my next proposal, that we abandon SQL as the query
>> language and replace it with Tutorial D.
>
>
> You forgot to suggest switching to GPL and rewriting in Java :-)
>
That will happen fairly soon, PL/Java will implement more and more of
the backend functionality until all C-code is made obsolete. It will
still be a BSD style license though. A first release should be ready for
4/1/2006.

Regards,
Thomas Hallgren

Thomas Hallgren wrote:
> Richard Huxton wrote:
>
>> Michael Fuhr wrote:
>>
>>> I'd like to propose that we abandon the name "PostgreSQL" and rename the
>>> project "Postgre", to be pronounced either "post-greh" or "post-gree".
>>> This change would have a twofold purpose: it would meet popular demand,
>>> and it would reflect my next proposal, that we abandon SQL as the query
>>> language and replace it with Tutorial D.
>>
>>
>>
>> You forgot to suggest switching to GPL and rewriting in Java :-)
>>
> That will happen fairly soon, PL/Java will implement more and more of
> the backend functionality until all C-code is made obsolete. It will
> still be a BSD style license though. A first release should be ready for
> 4/1/2006.

Giving the opportunity to finally get the backend multi-threaded. Hmm -
PostgreDTJ sounds snappy too!

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

Russell Smith <mr-russ(at)pws(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 05:40 pm, Michael Fuhr wrote:
>> I'd like to propose that we abandon the name "PostgreSQL" and rename the
>> project "Postgre", to be pronounced either "post-greh" or "post-gree".

> April 1 is nearly over.

Not on this side of the pond ;-)

regards, tom lane