Re: How Do You Pronounce "PostgreSQL"?
Chris <chrisb@nimrod.itg.telstra.com.au>
From: Chris Bitmead <chrisb@nimrod.itg.telstra.com.au>
To: PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 2000-08-22T23:53:40Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> I would go further and say that in the near future when some > milestone is reached (say, the addition of outer joins?) it > might be a good idea to mark the occasion with a name change > of some sort. 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"?