Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ricardo Junior
Subject Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0207061629200.445-100000@ricardo.localdomain
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In response to Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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    Hi,

> I didn't write it correctly.  He said "Postgray" I think or "Postgree".
> Both made me feel a little ill.  The strange thing is that until
> PostgreSQL got popular, no one really said the word, we just wrote it,
> and my editor has a "PostgreSQL" string macro so I don't even type it
> anymore, but when you start to talk to people, it does become a problem.
>
> The idea of calling it "Postgres SQL Server" has merit because it is so
> close to what we already have, just an added 's' and a space.

    Is this under discussion? I do think that "PostgreSQL" is a good
name but does cause a lot of confusion. I usually call it just "Postgres".
I don't see the necessity of having "SQL" in it's name, although "Postgres
SQL" is also interesting.


    []'s
    Ricardo.




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