Name change proposal

Started by Michael Fuhralmost 21 years ago7 messages
#1Michael Fuhr
mike@fuhr.org

I'd like to propose that we abandon the name "PostgreSQL" and rename the
project "Postgre", to be pronounced either "post-greh" or "post-gree".
This change would have a twofold purpose: it would meet popular demand,
and it would reflect my next proposal, that we abandon SQL as the query
language and replace it with Tutorial D.

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Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/

#2Russell Smith
mr-russ@pws.com.au
In reply to: Michael Fuhr (#1)
Re: Name change proposal

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 05:40 pm, Michael Fuhr wrote:

I'd like to propose that we abandon the name "PostgreSQL" and rename the
project "Postgre", to be pronounced either "post-greh" or "post-gree".
This change would have a twofold purpose: it would meet popular demand,
and it would reflect my next proposal, that we abandon SQL as the query
language and replace it with Tutorial D.

April 1 is nearly over.

#3Noname
jtv@xs4all.nl
In reply to: Michael Fuhr (#1)
Re: Name change proposal

I'd like to propose that we abandon the name "PostgreSQL" and rename the
project "Postgre", to be pronounced either "post-greh" or "post-gree".
This change would have a twofold purpose: it would meet popular demand,
and it would reflect my next proposal, that we abandon SQL as the query
language and replace it with Tutorial D.

This idea has come up before on the mailing list, but it was abandoned
because most of the surveyed users pronounced Postgre-D to sound similar
to Regret.

The sales team felt that it might hinder market uptake.

Jeroen

#4Richard Huxton
dev@archonet.com
In reply to: Michael Fuhr (#1)
Re: Name change proposal

Michael Fuhr wrote:

I'd like to propose that we abandon the name "PostgreSQL" and rename the
project "Postgre", to be pronounced either "post-greh" or "post-gree".
This change would have a twofold purpose: it would meet popular demand,
and it would reflect my next proposal, that we abandon SQL as the query
language and replace it with Tutorial D.

You forgot to suggest switching to GPL and rewriting in Java :-)

--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

#5Thomas Hallgren
thhal@mailblocks.com
In reply to: Richard Huxton (#4)
Re: Name change proposal

Richard Huxton wrote:

Michael Fuhr wrote:

I'd like to propose that we abandon the name "PostgreSQL" and rename the
project "Postgre", to be pronounced either "post-greh" or "post-gree".
This change would have a twofold purpose: it would meet popular demand,
and it would reflect my next proposal, that we abandon SQL as the query
language and replace it with Tutorial D.

You forgot to suggest switching to GPL and rewriting in Java :-)

That will happen fairly soon, PL/Java will implement more and more of
the backend functionality until all C-code is made obsolete. It will
still be a BSD style license though. A first release should be ready for
4/1/2006.

Regards,
Thomas Hallgren

#6Richard Huxton
dev@archonet.com
In reply to: Michael Fuhr (#1)
Re: Name change proposal

Thomas Hallgren wrote:

Richard Huxton wrote:

Michael Fuhr wrote:

I'd like to propose that we abandon the name "PostgreSQL" and rename the
project "Postgre", to be pronounced either "post-greh" or "post-gree".
This change would have a twofold purpose: it would meet popular demand,
and it would reflect my next proposal, that we abandon SQL as the query
language and replace it with Tutorial D.

You forgot to suggest switching to GPL and rewriting in Java :-)

That will happen fairly soon, PL/Java will implement more and more of
the backend functionality until all C-code is made obsolete. It will
still be a BSD style license though. A first release should be ready for
4/1/2006.

Giving the opportunity to finally get the backend multi-threaded. Hmm -
PostgreDTJ sounds snappy too!

--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

#7Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Russell Smith (#2)
Re: Name change proposal

Russell Smith <mr-russ@pws.com.au> writes:

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 05:40 pm, Michael Fuhr wrote:

I'd like to propose that we abandon the name "PostgreSQL" and rename the
project "Postgre", to be pronounced either "post-greh" or "post-gree".

April 1 is nearly over.

Not on this side of the pond ;-)

regards, tom lane