Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)

Gabriele Bartolini a écrit :
> 3) we have invested time and money in organising merchandising (some of
> which is i18n-compliant too, such as t-shirts, notepads, eco-friendly
> shoppers and pens) with PostgreSQL logo and title on such items

I think PostgreSQLfr and postgresql.de share the same problems. I know
PostgreSQLfr does : we have posters, flyers, t-shirts, shirts, etc. I
don't want to put all this in the trash because of a name change.

> It goes without saying that all this stuff won't be usable anymore
> if we decide to change name in the short term. I would rather suggest to
> properly plan a name switch and promote it and inform the community in
> the next couple of years. Maybe something like: "From 2009 it will be
> Postgres again".
>

This is a better idea. I'm against the name change but this will make it
less hard for both non profit organizations and companies.

> We must acknowledge that the community is not only people that
> develop PostgreSQL or use it daily, but also companies and users around
> the world that have based their products on PostgreSQL and ... I feel
> like we should inform them properly and give them enough time to plan
> their strategies (if any).
>
> For instance, what about a company that uses PostgreSQL as their backend
> DB and has prepared promotional stuff that states that: I guess it would
> be more fair if at least we give this company the chance to change its
> flyers / promotional info accordingly or at least plan it.
>

Companies can have money to handle this but that won't make them happy
to re-print promotional flyers, re-work their website, re-write their
training courses, re-print their training manuals, etc. Some won't do
it. But I think the real problem will come from non profit
organizations. We, PostgreSQLfr, as a non profit organization, don't
have so much money so that we can afford to waste it.

And what will you do when someone will ask about which book to read
about Postgres ? search amazon about PostgreSQL books ? I know that a
"Postgres" search will give them "PostgreSQL" books but it will cause
confusion too.

Regards.

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Guillaume.
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