Re: Using Postgres as an alias

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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> But without such changes the alias is only in the FAQ and will not be
>>> widely used.
>> I'm not sure if this has been thought through to the end.  If we make
>> the point that PostgreSQL can also be called Postgres, this does not
>> prevent anyone from calling it Postgre or any other forms that we might
>> not like.  It might in fact make people think that it has various names
>> and you can call it whatever you want.
>
> Well, they are already calling it "Postgre" without our help, so I see
> us giving them a clear alternative to PostgreSQL as helping avoid
> "Postgre".
>
> But in the end, they can continue calling us whatever they want and we
> can't stop them.

Then why are we bothering trying?

Joshua D. Drake

>


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