| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Derek Rodner <derek(dot)rodner(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Using Postgres as an alias |
| Date: | 2007-09-26 21:33:56 |
| Message-ID: | 200709262133.l8QLXum01755@momjian.us |
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > But without such changes the alias is only in the FAQ and will not be
> > widely used.
>
> I'm not sure if this has been thought through to the end. If we make
> the point that PostgreSQL can also be called Postgres, this does not
> prevent anyone from calling it Postgre or any other forms that we might
> not like. It might in fact make people think that it has various names
> and you can call it whatever you want.
Well, they are already calling it "Postgre" without our help, so I see
us giving them a clear alternative to PostgreSQL as helping avoid
"Postgre".
But in the end, they can continue calling us whatever they want and we
can't stop them.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
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