Re: New PGXN Extension site

On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 09:03 +0200, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
> David E. Wheeler wrote:
> > On Jun 15, 2010, at 3:23 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
> > 
> >> I think this project is a great idea, and I think as a community we
> >> ought to be behind it 100%.
> >>
> >> However, I do wonder what happened to the original name, which IIRC
> >> was PGAN.  That seems easier to pronounce, remember, ...
> > 
> > I didn't care for it, personally. "Pee-Gan" sounds weird to my ear. I prefer "pee-gee-ex-en." But you can go for
"pixin"or "pigskin" if you'd rather. ;-)
 
> > 
> > My bike shed is chartreuse,
> 
> heh I'm with Robert on that PGXN just sounds and speels weird - PGAN was 
> much easier ;)

I actually like PGXN. PGXN is marketable. Yeah that may not be what
-hackers are after but if I stand up in front of a Fortune 500 company
and say, "We have PGXN" it sounds a heck of a lot better that PGAN.

Joshua D. Drake


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> Stefan
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