When someone asks me what RDBMS our company uses for most projects and I say
post-gray 'Es Queue El' everyone always says "Huh? Post-what?"
I love the product but the name is a bitch of a tongue twister. It's strange
to say and doesn't roll off the tongue very well. Still, after I repeat
myself a few times they generally end up calling it "Postgres" all on their
own -- I guess there is some natural inclination for people to move from
post-gray 'Es Queue El' to plain old "Postgres"...
It's becoming more and more known even if it is a bit of a strange name at
first so I think it will all work out just fine..
-Mitch
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Bitmead" <chrisb@nimrod.itg.telstra.com.au>
To: "PostgreSQL HACKERS" <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] How Do You Pronounce "PostgreSQL"?
> The Hermit Hacker wrote:
>
> > 4 years ago we discussed what to rename the project, since Postgres95
> > wasn't considerd a very "long term name" (kinda like Windows2000), and
> > PostgreSQL was choosen, as it both represented our roots as well as what
> > we've grown into ... we've spent 4 years now building up a market
presence
> > with that name,
>
> Question: Did it work? Or are people really calling it Postgres instead?
> Kind of like Coca Cola. At some point in time they realised people
> weren't calling it Coca Cola anymore, they were calling it Coke. So
> instead of resisting the inevitable - trying to educate people to ask
> for a "Coca Cola", they accepted it, trademarked the name "Coke", and
> started putting "Coke" on all their products.
>
> > getting it known so that ppl know what it is ... changing
> > it now is not an option. If PostgreSQL were considered a bad name,
maybe
> > ... look at MySQL with their new "MaxSQL" product ... but it isn't, and
is
> > growing stronger ...
>