Re: Name change proposal - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From jtv@xs4all.nl
Subject Re: Name change proposal
Date
Msg-id 5313.202.47.227.25.1112344559.squirrel@202.47.227.25
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In response to Name change proposal  (Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>)
List pgsql-hackers
> I'd like to propose that we abandon the name "PostgreSQL" and rename the
> project "Postgre", to be pronounced either "post-greh" or "post-gree".
> This change would have a twofold purpose: it would meet popular demand,
> and it would reflect my next proposal, that we abandon SQL as the query
> language and replace it with Tutorial D.

This idea has come up before on the mailing list, but it was abandoned
because  most of the surveyed users pronounced Postgre-D to sound similar
to Regret.

The sales team felt that it might hinder market uptake.


Jeroen




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