Re: Change the name

From: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org
Cc: decibel(at)decibel(dot)org, josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Change the name
Date: 2007-09-18 14:10:40
Message-ID: 20070918.231040.71088163.t-ishii@sraoss.co.jp
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> Y"IIRC" it wrong ... in Japan, according to Tatsuo Ishii's post (I just re-read
> it), he points to the fact that Postgres *isn't* a recognized product,
> PostgreSQL is, as that is what they have been promoting since '96 ... my read
> is that they haven't really allowed stuff like Pg or Postgres become 'common
> place' similar to the English community, but he can comment to that if he so
> chooses ...
>
> Again, as I'm interpreting what he said (which, in fact, I find to be quite
> clear), it is like JoshB has already pointed out ... it would cost them alot to
> push the name Postgres as being the same product as PostgreSQL ... and not just
> as concerns 'swag', but as concerns 'brand recognition' ...

Exactly. It took for 10 years in Japan to make "PostgreSQL" as the
most famous OSS DB brand. Please do not throw away "PostgreSQL"
immediately.
--
Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan

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