Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly

From: "Nigel J(dot) Andrews" <nandrews(at)investsystems(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, 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: Pine.LNX.4.21.0207051747340.2828-100000@ponder.fairway2k.co.uk
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On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Marc G. Fournier wrote:

> 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'?

Of course I got it completely round the wrong and thought Postgres was the
latter of the two names. I've got to go change my documents now.

--
Nigel J. Andrews
Director

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