Re: AW: How Do You Pronounce "PostgreSQL"?
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Zeugswetter Andreas SB <ZeugswetterA@wien.spardat.at>
Cc: PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 2000-10-15T18:38:42Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
[ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] > > > In my personal experience, out in the real world, people refer to it as > > "Postgres". The QL being a mouthful, and contrary to the common practice > > of pronouncing SQL as SEQUEL. While Marc points out that technically > > Postgres died when it left Berkeley, that discontinuity is really only > > something we choose to acknowledge. As Henry points out, SQL > > is only one > > feature that happened to be added. Apart from not owning the domain > > name, why shouldn't it just be "Postgres"? > > Everybody I know also still sais "Postgres", leaving out the Q L > becaus it is too long. In german we would not have the "sequel" problem, > since we pronounce it "ess ku ell". I think they all know that they are > really > referring to PostgreSQL. Someone once described our name as anti-marketing. That point hit home with me. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026