On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:42:07 -0000 "Greg Sabino Mullane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ! In November 2007 a classic Open Source debate took place on > whether ! or not to change the name of the PostgreSQL project to > Postgres. ! It was decided that Postgres would be an officially > recognized ! nickname but that the name would remain PostgreSQL. > Postgres was ! the original name of the project at Berkeley and is > strongly ! preferred over other nicknames. If you find > 'PostgreSQL' hard ! to pronounce, call it 'Postgres' instead. > ! > > The debate has certainly spread well before (and after) November 2007. The "decision" came down from core in 11/2007 which is why I referenced it. > Not sure what makes it a "classic Open Source debate" either. Long winded, full of flames and pointless :P > Because > it was debated in the open? I think the "decision" was basically > Core's punting of making the tough but necessary decision to make > the project name pronounceable once again (if I can add some spin > of my own :). If we are going to say "It was decided", we need > to state who (Core) actually did the decreeing / deciding. Dave Page: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-advocacy/2007-11/msg00109.php Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ United States PostgreSQL Association: http://www.postgresql.us/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
