| From: | Ron Mayer <rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com> |
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| To: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> |
| Subject: | Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL) |
| Date: | 2007-08-31 20:11:24 |
| Message-ID: | 46D875EC.5010604@cheapcomplexdevices.com |
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Robert Treat wrote:
> That doesnt make it a bad name. There are several very popular databases that
> have SQL in thier name.
But none that insist on pronunciations like "Mice Q. L." for "MySQL"
or "Microsofts Q. L. server" for "Microsoft SQL Server"
>> (Greenplum, MPP, Bizgres...).
>
> It says that they were concerned about the trademark issues around postgresql,
> and were concerned about not being able to differentiate thier products from
> the community postgresql product.
"BizgreSQL" surely wouldn't have had any trademark issues.
But I bet new users would have called it "Bizgre".
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