Re: Using Postgres as an alias

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Then why are we bothering trying?

Because though we can't _stop_ them, we can certainly influence them.
Why are you asking such simplistic questions?

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