Thread: Name change proposal
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. -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/
On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 05:40 pm, Michael Fuhr wrote: > 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. > April 1 is nearly over.
> 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
Michael Fuhr wrote: > 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. You forgot to suggest switching to GPL and rewriting in Java :-) -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd
Richard Huxton wrote: > Michael Fuhr wrote: > >> 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. > > > You forgot to suggest switching to GPL and rewriting in Java :-) > That will happen fairly soon, PL/Java will implement more and more of the backend functionality until all C-code is made obsolete. It will still be a BSD style license though. A first release should be ready for 4/1/2006. Regards, Thomas Hallgren
Thomas Hallgren wrote: > Richard Huxton wrote: > >> Michael Fuhr wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >> >> >> You forgot to suggest switching to GPL and rewriting in Java :-) >> > That will happen fairly soon, PL/Java will implement more and more of > the backend functionality until all C-code is made obsolete. It will > still be a BSD style license though. A first release should be ready for > 4/1/2006. Giving the opportunity to finally get the backend multi-threaded. Hmm - PostgreDTJ sounds snappy too! -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd
Russell Smith <mr-russ@pws.com.au> writes:
> On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 05:40 pm, Michael Fuhr wrote:
>> 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".
> April 1 is nearly over.
Not on this side of the pond ;-)
regards, tom lane