Re: Dropping postgres as a whole.

From: Selena Deckelmann <sdeckelmann(at)chrisking(dot)com>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Advocacy List <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Dropping postgres as a whole.
Date: 2007-09-27 17:11:34
Message-ID: D88EC1E3-7379-49C1-9338-25AA6A925B20@chrisking.com
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On Sep 27, 2007, at 9:39 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I was just talking with one of my developers (Alexey) and he said, why
> not just use Pg. Which is an interesting point. Consider that
> Volkswagen
> is properly known as Volkswagen but commonly (and most of the time)
> referred to as VW.
>
> Why don't we just stop this whole PostgreSQL->Postgres->Postgre
> junk and
> just say, PostgreSQL, also referred to as PG.
>
> Heck, I know plenty of people that just say PG, or PGSQL, myself
> included.

+1 I like it.

From a design standpoint, 'Pg' is nicer. I know we're not there yet,
but just sayin'.

-selena

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Selena Deckelmann
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Chris King Precision Components
Made in Portland, Oregon
www.chrisking.com / 503.972.4050 x230

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