Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)

["Joshua D. Drake" <jdrake(at)postgresql(dot)org>]

Ron Mayer wrote:
> Decibel! wrote:

> 
>> Someone mentioned companies that are already using Postgres instead of
>> PostgreSQL. I think it says something that the last 3 companies that
>> have started up with PostgreSQL

Yes it says they want their own brand and has zero relevance to this
discussion.

 (Greenplum, Pervasive, EnterpriseDB)
>> have shunned the name. Heck, Greenplum and EnterpriseDB have shunned the
>> name multiple times (names that don't contain PostgreSQL but could:
>> Greenplum, MPP, Bizgres, EnterpriseDB, EnterpriseDB Advanced Server,
>> EnterpriseDB Postgres). Oh, I forgot ExtenDB, too.

See above.

Joshua D. Drake


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