Re: Using Postgres as an alias

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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 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?

It seemed odd to me. You said, "we can't stop them". So it seems like an
awful lot of wasted effort to try.

Joshua D. Drake

>

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