Re: 8.5 vs. 9.0, Postgres vs. PostgreSQL

David E. Wheeler írta:
> On Jan 23, 2010, at 3:25 AM, Greg Stark wrote:
>
>   
>> Actually the original promounciation was mee-ess-cue-ell, "My" is
>> monty's daughter's name and is pronounced like that. People generally
>> pronounced it "my" though so they just made that the official
>> pronounciation -- but they still don't approve of "my-sequel".
>>     
>
> We could go with "PrySQL," as in you can pry it from my cold dead fingers. Or if you're Finnish, you can think of it
ascoming before SQL.
 
>
> Or maybe "TrySQL", to encourage you to try it and because you can make tress out of it. It's greener, too.
>
> Or perhaps OMGWTFSQL. No, wait, sorry, that's what I say when I'm working with MySQL.
>
> How about "PugSQL"? It's kind of butch, keeps the "pg" part, and we could have a dog logo.
>   

IIRC, Pug is a little leprechaun in Shakespeare's Midsummer night's dream.
Another logo change opportunity. :-)

> Or maybe we can determine that geeks are completely useless at branding and not touch this issue with a 10m pole.
>
> So, 10mPoleSQL it is. Or maybe KillThisFuckingThreadSQL. Rather suggestive, don't you think?
>
> Best,
>
> David
>   


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