Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL) - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Markus Schiltknecht
Subject Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)
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Msg-id 46DD19F9.5010705@bluegap.ch
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In response to Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Hi,

Bruce Momjian wrote:
 > I have downloaded the Advocacy email archive for August and September
 > and looked at all emails with the subject "naming".  I read each email
 > and totalled the opinions of all the posters.  Of course, this is not
 > scientific but it does represent everyone on advocacy who felt the
 > need to comment on the thread.

If that poll is still running: +1 for "Postgres", because Germans simply
fail to pronounce PostgreSQL. And I really hate the sound of post-gree,
which definitely *is* how most Germans abbreviate PostgreSQL.

And.. well, yes, also because it's Postgres-R and not PostgreSQL-R. ;-)

Regards

Markus


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