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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>

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From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>
Cc: Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com>, Greg Stark <stark@mit.edu>, David G Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>, Thom Brown <thom@linux.com>, David Fetter <david@fetter.org>, Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@bluetreble.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Date: 2016-06-17T17:04:47Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Merlin Moncure wrote:

> Ugliness is a highly subjective qualifier.  OTOH, Backwards
> compatibility, at least when the checks are properly written :-), is a
> very objective benefit.

This is the argument that made us kept the PostgreSQL name instead of
renaming back to Postgres.  I'm not a fan of it.

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