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: Changing the name |
Date: | 2010-01-26 18:32:17 |
Message-ID: | 201001261832.o0QIWHI02763@momjian.us |
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Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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> > wow! so now that people knows about us *is* the better time to change the name?
> > why? for keeping people away because they will think that we "are not
> > PostgreSQL but maybe some kind of strange fork called Postgres"?
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> Um...it's already *very* widely known as Postgres. I don't think
> anyone out there considers Postgres a "fork" of PostgreSQL. (although
> it's tempting at times to create one :)
Yea, I have been quite happy the Postgres "alias" has taken hold --- it
solves some of our problems.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
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