Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Jan Wieck wrote:
>> On 8/31/2007 6:21 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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>>> Ignoring the requirements of the communities in charge of the majority
>>> of advocacy of the larger whole is bad idea.
>> You entirely seem to ignore that quite some number of community members
>> (me included) already abandoned this QL name monster and are referring
>> to our product by its original, well known name Postgres.
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> No I am not ignoring it at all. I consider Postgres a valid nickname for
> the project PostgreSQL. I see zero reason to go through the hassle of
> changing everything for the sake of two bytes. If you want to call it
> Postgres call it Postgres, add an entry to the FAQ that it is a valid
> shortening of the name and call it good.

I would note that I too, normally call it Postgres (or sometimes PGSQL).

Just like I shorten Win32 to crap, Mac OSX to candy and United States of
America to USA.

Joshua D. Drake

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