Re: How Do You Pronounce "PostgreSQL"?
От | Mitch Vincent |
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Тема | Re: How Do You Pronounce "PostgreSQL"? |
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Msg-id | 003f01c00cb1$486817e0$0200000a@doot обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: How Do You Pronounce "PostgreSQL"? (The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>) |
Список | pgsql-hackers |
When someone asks me what RDBMS our company uses for most projects and I say post-gray 'Es Queue El' everyone always says "Huh? Post-what?" I love the product but the name is a bitch of a tongue twister. It's strange to say and doesn't roll off the tongue very well. Still, after I repeat myself a few times they generally end up calling it "Postgres" all on their own -- I guess there is some natural inclination for people to move from post-gray 'Es Queue El' to plain old "Postgres"... It's becoming more and more known even if it is a bit of a strange name at first so I think it will all work out just fine.. -Mitch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Bitmead" <chrisb@nimrod.itg.telstra.com.au> To: "PostgreSQL HACKERS" <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 5:42 PM Subject: Re: [HACKERS] How Do You Pronounce "PostgreSQL"? > The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > > 4 years ago we discussed what to rename the project, since Postgres95 > > wasn't considerd a very "long term name" (kinda like Windows2000), and > > PostgreSQL was choosen, as it both represented our roots as well as what > > we've grown into ... we've spent 4 years now building up a market presence > > with that name, > > Question: Did it work? Or are people really calling it Postgres instead? > Kind of like Coca Cola. At some point in time they realised people > weren't calling it Coca Cola anymore, they were calling it Coke. So > instead of resisting the inevitable - trying to educate people to ask > for a "Coca Cola", they accepted it, trademarked the name "Coke", and > started putting "Coke" on all their products. > > > getting it known so that ppl know what it is ... changing > > it now is not an option. If PostgreSQL were considered a bad name, maybe > > ... look at MySQL with their new "MaxSQL" product ... but it isn't, and is > > growing stronger ... >
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