From: Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: First mention option for Postgres
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:27:30 -0700
Message-ID: <20071026152730.7fe576b0@scratch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200710262347.58330.peter_e@gmx.net>
References: <20071026132509.288c6795@scratch>
<200710262347.58330.peter_e@gmx.net>
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
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