Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)

From: Ron Peterson <ron(dot)peterson(at)yellowbank(dot)com>
To: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)
Date: 2007-09-01 12:16:47
Message-ID: 20070901121647.GA5496@yellowbank.com
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2007-09-01_07:18:48-0400 Andy Astor <andy(dot)astor(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>:

> For what it's worth, we put a naming poll on the
> postgres.enterprisedb.com site. Out of 95 votes, 54% vote for a name
> change, 26% say no, and 18% don't care. I invite this mailing list to
> vote its opinions, if you haven't already (please don't vote multiple
> times). Clearly, it's just one measurement, but in US politics, these
> kinds of numbers are called a landslide.

It's called unscientific polling.

> Bruce and others have demonstrated crisply that the work involved is
> not so great.

I don't see that.

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Ron Peterson
https://www.yellowbank.com/

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