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Re: name Re: Dropping postgres as a whole.

  • From: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
  • To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
  • Cc: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, John Wang <johncwang(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Advocacy List <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
  • Subject: Re: name Re: Dropping postgres as a whole.
  • Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:03:12 -0400
  • Message-id: <46FED9B0.70809@Yahoo.com> <text/plain>
On 9/27/2007 2:13 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:

Joshua D. Drake escribió:


Interesting point but I don't think that would be a problem in general.
Mainly because as good as we are... we are not Proctor & Gamble ;). Nor
are we even in the same sector (business/financial etc...).

I like Pg but I would also not be opposed to pgsql, which is extremely
common.


I think we're trying to find a name for saying out aloud.  Both "pg" and
"pgsql" are mostly used in writing.
blah blah ... PostgreSQL (pronounced Postgres-Q-L), also known as pgsql (pronounced Pigsqueal) ...
Jan (pronounced Yann) occasionally referred to as a European bloke (pronounce that with *ouch* at the end to spare me the effort) 

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