There are advantages to having an odd name - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From time to time someone tells us that we'd be lots more successful
if only we had a more user-friendly project name than "PostgreSQL".
Right at the moment, I'm quite happy to be using a name that no one
else would want ...

http://slashdot.org/articles/03/04/18/0344251.shtml?tid=154

(I feel bad for the Firebird-the-database folks, btw --- sheesh,
the slashdot discussion can't even get straight that they are
Firebird not FirebirdSQL.)
        regards, tom lane