From: | Tycho Fruru <tycho(at)fruru(dot)com> |
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To: | Bill Gribble <grib(at)linuxdevel(dot)com>, Markus Wagner <magnus(at)gmx(dot)de> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: What is 'Postgres'? |
Date: | 2002-09-06 15:12:28 |
Message-ID: | 1031325149.1116.41.camel@kungfoo.conostix.com |
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On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 16:51, Bill Gribble wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 09:05, Markus Wagner wrote:
> > I never heared about something called 'Postgres', but maybe
> > this could be a name for the actual PostgreSQL used in the past.
>
> Honestly, I don't know any single person other than the PostgreSQL
> developers who actually know or care that the name is "PostgreSQL".
> Everyone I know just calls it Postgres and puts "PostgreSQL" in the same
> category as "LiGNUx", that of "way too clever names that you should
> forget immmediately".
With one notable difference : Postgres and PostgreSQL both exist and are
really different softwares (one uses SQL, the other doesn't ... guess
which one :-). LiGNUx does not exist (except as an outdated website).
GNU/Linux OTOH is still alive and kicking :-)
More information on Postgres and PostgreSQL:
http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/history.html
> But of course I've seen these threads develop before and I know that
> some PostgreSQL developers will be mortally offended by my remarks.
> Sorry. It's just a bad name for a great piece of software.
Why is PostgreSQL a bad name ? I don't see the problem with it. It's
just a name - for a great database !
Tycho
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