Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly

From: "Jeff MacDonald" <jeff(at)tsunamicreek(dot)com>
To: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Andrew Sullivan" <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly
Date: 2002-07-05 16:48:38
Message-ID: HIEGJGDMNIKAMPPDEKBNEEJFCAAA.jeff@tsunamicreek.com
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Can't figure it out cause you're a techie most of us that subscribe
to these lists are... When I was doing tech support i had people asking
for help with [these aren't typo's]

Prostgre sequel

Postresquirrel

pgsql

psql

Progress

etc...

and alot of the folks i talked to were not newbies, they had been using
it for a while.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of Marc G. Fournier
> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 10:05 AM
> To: Tom Lane
> Cc: Bruce Momjian; Andrew Sullivan; pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] I am being interviewed by OReilly
>
>
> On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> writes:
> > >> At some point, we may have to modify our name and start at 1.0 again.
> >
> > > Ya, that's it ... we've only spent, what, 8 years now making
> 'PostgreSQL'
> > > known, so let's change the name *just* so that we can start at 1.0 and
> > > face a new challenge of getting ppl to recognize the name?
> >
> > I've heard a number of people opine that we should go back to just plain
> > 'Postgres', which is pronounceable by the uninitiate, and besides which
>
> I can never figure this out ... what is so difficult about 'Postgres-Q-L'?
>
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