Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)

Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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> Apologies, Andrew, but I think this is a very important topic, and
> one that should be addressed.
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> Josh Berkus wrote:
> > My perspective on the naming question is that if we wanted to do it, we needed
> > to do it for 8.0 which was when PostgreSQL became much higher profile.  We
> > did seriously evaluate it at that time, but the amount of effort involved
> > would have held up the release and we decided not to.
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> That's not my recollection. I recall battling to make 7.5 into 8.0, but there was
> no real debate about a name change at that time. Since then, however, I've talked to
> lots of people about changing the name and found no real objection, only
> support, including from most of Core. Even Tom Lane admits it was a mistake:
> http://tinyurl.com/2v4fdl

FYI, I have always been in favor of a name change, in 1996, and before
8.0, but of course I am only one vote.

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