Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)

From: "Gavin M(dot) Roy" <gmr(at)myyearbook(dot)com>
To: "PostgreSQL advocacy" <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)
Date: 2007-08-28 17:56:18
Message-ID: af1bce590708281056i1595771brc8c9d3dc70c77736@mail.gmail.com
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With or without fanfare, I'm +1

On 8/28/07, Robert Bernier <robert(dot)bernier5(at)sympatico(dot)ca> wrote:
> > > How about a vote?
> > >
> > > How many people feel we should adopt 'postgres' for the '9.0'
> > > reference documentation (let's leave the issue of the tons of work
> > > involved out of the debate for the moment)?
>
> +1
>
> > I agree with doing it without any fanfare.
>
>
> I wonder.
>
> Wouldn't it be a good marketing move to put a "vote for a name change" on the website's front page? The idea would be to make announcements all over the place like slashdot, digg etc. and asking the average joe for his input. You know the saying, "there's no such thing as bad press".
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Robert
>
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