Re: First mention option for Postgres
От | Joshua D. Drake |
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Тема | Re: First mention option for Postgres |
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Msg-id | 20071026152730.7fe576b0@scratch обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: First mention option for Postgres (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>) |
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Re: First mention option for Postgres
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Список | pgsql-advocacy |
On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:47:57 +0200 Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote: > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > is quite common to see something like this: > > > > PostgreSQL hereafter referred to as Postgres > > This is usually because the first thing is very long and the second > is an obvious abbreviation. But that does not apply in this case. > > Changing all subsequent mentions to Postgres would effectively change > the visible project name to Postgres or at least give undue promotion > of Postgres over PostgreSQL, both of which was rejected, and while > keeping everything around it as PostgreSQL, thus creating even more > confusion. > > Any sort of proposal that relies on all users of the affected > document to start by reading and fully grasping the very first > sentence will not work. > Well as I said, it was a compromise. Everyone knows what my actual opinion is. I guess we are back where we started. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ UNIQUE NOT NULL Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/
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