On Sep 2, 2007, at 12:16 AM, Robert Treat wrote:
> On Saturday 01 September 2007 13:57, John Wang wrote:
>> On 8/31/07, Ron Mayer <rm_pg@cheapcomplexdevices.com> wrote:
>>> Robert Treat wrote:
>>>> That doesnt make it a bad name. There are several very popular
>>>> databases
>>>
>>> that
>>>
>>>> have SQL in thier name.
>>>
>>> But none that insist on pronunciations like "Mice Q. L." for "MySQL"
>>> or "Microsofts Q. L. server" for "Microsoft SQL Server"
>>
>> Good point.
>
> *shrug* it's orthogonal to the original posters assertation though.
As the OP, I'll disagree. :)
For all 3, the SQL portion is used to indicate that the product/
project is a database, while the rest of the name provides context on
who it's from or what it's about:
SQLite: lightweight database
MS SQL Server: Database server from MS
MySQL: this is "My" database engine, it does what I want
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