| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL) |
| Date: | 2007-08-30 17:26:56 |
| Message-ID: | 200708301726.l7UHQun22856@momjian.us |
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Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> > Otherwise, people who know nothing about us will be asking, for years,
> > "Why did you fork from the PostgreSQL project?"
>
> Simple enough to answer: "We didn't, we just changed the name". Could even
> be a FAQ. I'd rather have that question, than these ones:
>
> "How do you say that?"
> "Why does it have such a stupid name?"
> "Is it okay to just say 'Postgres'?"
We can eliminate 1/2 of this FAQ:
1.1) What is PostgreSQL? How is it pronounced?
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