Re: First rule of advocacy ... I think ...

"in private" (ie. when talking with someone, or on the mailing lists), use
of 'Postgres' or 'PgSQL' is widely used, but when dealing with a public
arena (ie. online polls, articles, etc), the formal name should be very
much encouraged and corrected ...

On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Joshua Drake wrote:

>
> > No.   If it had been, I would have mentioned the source.
> >
> > I personally don't think it's worth bothering with.
>
> I would second this. Most people I know try to say PostgreSQL only until
> they install it, then call it Postgres. It is our own fault for having a
> difficult name for the software.
>
> If were up to me, we would change back to Postgres as it is even easier
> to say than MySQL (less syllables).
>
> I seriously doubt there is any confusion as to whether Postgres ==
> PostgreSQL.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joshua D. Drake
>
>
>
> >
>
>

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