On 03/09/07, Christopher Petrilli <petrilli@gmail.com> wrote:
<snip>
> Every time I write anything, I have to go back and make sure I used to
> dumb name, and not the one that makes sense. Today, in 2007, nobody is
> going to suddenly assume that we don't support SQL, and while a
> majority of the databases in the open source world are burdened with
> SQL in their name, this isn't true in the commercial world:
>
> * Oracle
> * Sybase
> * DB/2
> * SQL Server
> * Teradata
</snip>
If it's any consolation, DB2 (proper form - no slash) seems to be
burdened with a name that continues to suffer from branding confusion
with the defunct OS/2. Even IBMers get it wrong.
I don't expect they'll be changing the name, though.
--
Dan Scott
Laurentian University
