Re: Using Postgres as an alias

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Dave Page wrote:
> Pavel Stehule wrote:
>> FAQ isn't strict technical documentation, and there aliases arn't too
>> bad. Why do you thing so word Postgres needs any promoting?
>
> Isn't it obvious from the number of people calling it Postgre that an
> acceptable short form should be promoted?

What people? The three or four that I run into once a month? So what...

>
> Earlier in this round of discussion it seemed that most people didn't
> like seeing postgre, but we were split on an official name change to
> Postgres. Doesn't it therefore make sense to leave the official name,
> and just promote the acceptable short name?

IMO, no. It makes sense to leave the official name and accept the short
name.

Joshua D. Drake


>
> /D
>


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