| From: | Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com> |
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| To: | will trillich <will(at)serensoft(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: postgresql -- what's in a name? |
| Date: | 2002-02-11 01:04:49 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.40.0202102001140.11565-100000@paprika.michvhf.com |
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On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, will trillich wrote:
> i'm guessing there was a GRE project first, and that the
> successor was POSTgre (involving sql, of course). if so, what's
> the GRE stand for?
What the hell is postgre? If you're looking for the history of
PostgreSQL you can find a link to the "history" on the website's
announcements page (and mirrors).
> otherwise in general, what's the origin of the name
> "postgresql"? (and why does it seem like it should be
> pronounced "pissquel"?)
There's a wav and an mp3 file also on the announcements page (and mirrors)
of the website. The announcements page is the main or first page.
Vince.
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