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Re: Re: Postgres vs. PostgreSQL

Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>

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From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>, pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-04-11T13:52:49Z
Lists: pgsql-docs 
On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, The Hermit Hacker wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> 
> > Considering that there is up to this day no terminally universal way to
> > pronounce 'Linux' (unless you know Swedish :), I don't think that's worth
> > worrying about. Personally, I find PostgreSQL very pronouncable though.
> 
> Me too: Post-Gres-Q-L .. 

Hmmm.  I read an article/interview on Linus and he specifically stated
that it's pronounced "lee-nooks".   The article's gone right now but I'm
pretty sure he had the accent on the first sylable.

Vince.
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