| From: | Markus Schiltknecht <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL) |
| Date: | 2007-09-04 08:40:25 |
| Message-ID: | 46DD19F9.5010705@bluegap.ch |
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Hi,
Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I have downloaded the Advocacy email archive for August and September
> and looked at all emails with the subject "naming". I read each email
> and totalled the opinions of all the posters. Of course, this is not
> scientific but it does represent everyone on advocacy who felt the
> need to comment on the thread.
If that poll is still running: +1 for "Postgres", because Germans simply
fail to pronounce PostgreSQL. And I really hate the sound of post-gree,
which definitely *is* how most Germans abbreviate PostgreSQL.
And.. well, yes, also because it's Postgres-R and not PostgreSQL-R. ;-)
Regards
Markus
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