Re: AW: How Do You Pronounce "PostgreSQL"?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Zeugswetter Andreas SB <ZeugswetterA(at)wien(dot)spardat(dot)at>
Cc: PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: AW: How Do You Pronounce "PostgreSQL"?
Date: 2000-10-15 18:38:42
Message-ID: 200010151838.OAA10292@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > In my personal experience, out in the real world, people refer to it as
> > "Postgres". The QL being a mouthful, and contrary to the common practice
> > of pronouncing SQL as SEQUEL. While Marc points out that technically
> > Postgres died when it left Berkeley, that discontinuity is really only
> > something we choose to acknowledge. As Henry points out, SQL
> > is only one
> > feature that happened to be added. Apart from not owning the domain
> > name, why shouldn't it just be "Postgres"?
>
> Everybody I know also still sais "Postgres", leaving out the Q L
> becaus it is too long. In german we would not have the "sequel" problem,
> since we pronounce it "ess ku ell". I think they all know that they are
> really
> referring to PostgreSQL.

Someone once described our name as anti-marketing. That point hit home
with me.

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