Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A16B9F9947 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 15:42:45 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 39426-01 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 15:42:32 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-254.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.254]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CF0E9F9706 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 15:42:34 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [192.168.1.9] (or-69-34-217-90.sta.embarqhsd.net [69.34.217.90]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l95IgVXo010883 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 5 Oct 2007 11:42:32 -0700 Message-ID: <470685E1.6010501@commandprompt.com> Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:43:45 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070924) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Fetter CC: Peter Eisentraut , pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: PostgreSQL vs. Postgres labeling inconsistency References: <200710051922.01797.peter_e@gmx.net> <20071005182650.GD6005@fetter.org> In-Reply-To: <20071005182650.GD6005@fetter.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.1/4476/Fri Oct 5 02:53:15 2007 on projects.commandprompt.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender succeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (lists.commandprompt.com [192.168.2.159]); Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:42:32 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200710/5 X-Sequence-Number: 4426 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David Fetter wrote: > On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 07:22:01PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> Some of you may have noticed that there was a move proposed to use >> "Postgres" alongside "PostgreSQL" as a product name in the >> documentation and other written resources. A change along that line >> has already been made in the FAQ. >> >> So I think what is being proposed is wrong and needs to be reverted. > > That, or (my preference) make the change larger. I think it's > significant that the vast majority of compatible software has some > variant of Postgres and *not* PostgreSQL in the name. I have seen no evidence of this. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake > > Cheers, > David. - -- === 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/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHBoXhATb/zqfZUUQRAn76AJwIUIuHizLFSpqLoJYQo0c7JF0CJwCdHu8E 5tnkPv4UwCXnubexTWwiRlI= =2Ufl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----