Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)

Ciao Gabriele,

Thanks for your thoughtful comments. I understand better your position. At
this point, it¹s very clear to me that:

1. most people would rather see the name changed, and that
2. most people want to ensure that we do the change thoughtfully and
correctly.

I count myself in favor of both of these, as well.

--Andy

On 9/3/07 6:55 AM, "Gabriele Bartolini" <gabriele(dot)bartolini(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> Ciao Andy,
>
>> Non-English Groups
>> ------------------
>> I've carefully read all the objections, including those of the non-English
>> PG organizations. But I don't believe anyone against this proposal mentioned
>> that Alvaro strongly supported the name change from his (Spanish)
>> perspective.
>
> If you carefully read my post, I was not objecting the change of the name
> itself, for which I leave myself to a democratic decision (I even suggested
> the core team to take this decision).
>
> I personally agree that "Postgres" sounds heaps better than "PostgreSQL" in
> Italian - we discussed this during PGDay too. And that's the name that people
> normally use to refer to it in Italy. I am sure that's the same issue for the
> latin speaking countries (including Spanish, French and Portuguese), but that
> does not mean that a name change is required.
>
> As you can see, from a purely language based point of view, you get no
> objections from me: "Postgres" is better than "PostgreSQL". But you can't
> ignore the communities problems that - at least in the short term - we will
> face. I believe that's a bit disrispectful and it cannot be left to the case.
>
> Also, I am not aware of any Spanish community at the moment - actually nobody
> from Spain ever took part to the organisation of PGDay and the European Group
> or even marginally got involved.
>
> I am objecting the way this change will eventually occur. It must be planned
> and it must be promoted, because it takes time to re-organise everything, and
> I believe:
>
> 1) this is morally *due* to the national communities (yes, I think it is the
> least that can be done)
> 2) this looks way more *professional* at the eyes of the companies
>
> Thank you.
>
> Ciao,
> Gabriele
>
> P.S.: Chris, do you really want to buy 10 shirts? :)
>