Re: Using Postgres as an alias - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Using Postgres as an alias
Date
Msg-id 46FAA4BF.30606@commandprompt.com
Whole thread Raw
In response to Re: Using Postgres as an alias  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: Using Postgres as an alias
List pgsql-advocacy
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> In an attempt to get "Postgres" more widely used, I propose changing
>>> "PostgreSQL" to "Postgres" in the documentation when there is more
>>> than one mention of "PostgreSQL" in the same paragraph.
>> I don't see why the documentation readers should be the first victims of
>> our differences about product naming.  Technical documentation is the
>> last place where you want to be ambiguous and inconsistent.  If you
>> want to introduce useless randomness, please start somewhere else.
>
> If we agree we should mention our alias "Postgres" more, where do you
> propose we do that?  I suggested the documentation and FAQ.  Do you have
> a better idea?

I believe the FAQ is sufficient.

Joshua D. Drake




- --

      === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. ===
Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564   24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240
PostgreSQL solutions since 1997  http://www.commandprompt.com/
            UNIQUE NOT NULL
Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFG+qS/ATb/zqfZUUQRAvbvAJ4v8eI1lnny6qIssWHG0jg+0aHYmwCgkTiH
KI9gtgqlnhJysK72nSzEkIk=
=+CPc
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

pgsql-advocacy by date:

Previous
From: Bruce Momjian
Date:
Subject: Re: Using Postgres as an alias
Next
From: "Derek Rodner"
Date:
Subject: Re: Using Postgres as an alias