Re: AW: How Do You Pronounce "PostgreSQL"?

On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Chris wrote:

> Vince Vielhaber wrote:
> > Hmmm.  Let's make a little table, shall we?
> > 
> > Proper name             Nickname
> > -----------             --------
> > Chevrolet               Chevy
> > PostgreSQL              Postgres
> > Christopher             Chris
> > Marcus                  Marc
> > Robert                  Bob
> > Richard                 Rick
> > 
> > Since I don't see Chevrolet changing their name to Chevy just because
> > everyone calls it that, or Christopher Chris, Marcus Marc, Robert Bob,
> > etc. why do you feel it necessary to change PostgreSQL to Postgres?
> 
> I would be far overstating my case to say it is "necessary". Only
> putting forward an opinion that it is desirable. 
> 
> The current release of PostgreSQL is 7.0. In reality it is release 3.0,
> the four releases prior to that were known as Postgres. I don't see the
> name change as having been desirable.

Huh?  v1.09 was Postgres95, v2.x (our v6.x) was PostgreSQL, and that was
over 4 years ago ...