Re: 8.5 vs. 9.0, Postgres vs. PostgreSQL

2010/1/23 Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com>:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>>
>> "David E. Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> writes:
>>>
>>> On Jan 22, 2010, at 4:54 PM, Mark Mielke wrote:
>>>>
>>>> MS SQL, MySQL, SQLite - do they have advocacy problems due to the SQL in
>>>> their name? I think it is the opposite. SQL in the name almost grants
>>>> legitimacy to them as products. Dropping the SQL has the potential to
>>>> increase confusion. What is a Postgres? :-)
>>
>>> Something that comes after black, but before white.
>>
>> Yeah.  As best I can tell, most newbies think that PostgreSQL means
>> Postgre-SQL --- they're not too sure what "Postgre" is, but they guess
>> it must be the specific name of the product.  And that annoys those of
>> us who would rather they pronounced it "Postgres".  But in terms of
>> recognizability of the product it's not a liability.  The business about
>> pronunciation is a red herring.  It's just as unclear whether MySQL is
>
> My personal experience has shown that people not familiar with the project
> can't remember it's name (even 10 minutes after I said it).  It doesn't
> really roll off your tongue, unless you count tree nodes in your sleep.
>  This "may" have an affect on the project's reach.
>
> I am not really advocating a name change, but if a different name makes
> postgresql more popular, however silly that may seem, then I am all for it.
> This is a difficult marketing decision.

I am not sure so different name makes postgresql more popular - it is
marketing for short-live products. If I can speak some: for Czech
language - the pronunciation of PostgreSQL in Czech isn't any problem.
PostgreSQL is mark with very good reputation - and some pople will go
from Oracle or MySQL, I'll have a better job then to explain so
Postgres is PostgreSQL.

so for me -1

Pavel

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