Discussion on changing name from PostgreSQL to Postgres
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Discussion on changing name from PostgreSQL to Postgres
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Re: Discussion on changing name from PostgreSQL to Postgres
#2Having gone through a company rename with much less history than the PostgreSQL name, I would say this is a shockingly bad idea.
Re: Discussion on changing name from PostgreSQL to Postgres
#3Finally, i was never sure how to pronounce that damn thing! :P
Re: Discussion on changing name from PostgreSQL to Postgres
#4Having gone through a company rename with much less history than the PostgreSQL name, I would say this is a shockingly bad idea.
It's not much of a rename, though. Lots of people call it Postgres anyways. Besides, most people don't know how to pronounce PostgreSQL anyways, whereas Postgres is easily pronounceable.
I think it's a great decision.
Re: Discussion on changing name from PostgreSQL to Postgres
#5This is not an announcement, and is a misleading HN submission. The history of that page makes it fairly obvious:
http://wiki.postgresql.org/index.php?title=Postgres&acti...
The text is almost verbatim since it was written in 2008. The last discussion on this was 2007/2008, as I recall:
http://andyastor.blogspot.com/2007/08/postgresql-or-postgres...
Re: Discussion on changing name from PostgreSQL to Postgres
#6I've (and all of my developer friends) have been calling it Postgres for years.
Re: Discussion on changing name from PostgreSQL to Postgres
#7Too much thinking about something which does not ultimately matter.
I regret even bothering to write these two sentences.
Re: Discussion on changing name from PostgreSQL to Postgres
#8This is just a wiki page, not an official announcement.
Re: Discussion on changing name from PostgreSQL to Postgres
#9This is a wiki page created to discuss the steps that would have to be taken should the decision to change the name be taken.
As far as I know, the core team's position is that the product is called PostgreSQL, with Postgres being an acceptable alias.
If you ask me, this comic sums up the issue adequately: http://xkcd.com/747/
Alternatively, if you want to have a few laughs, check this out: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/File:05_-_Gabrielle_Roth_-_p...
Re: Discussion on changing name from PostgreSQL to Postgres
#10As mentioned, this page has been up for ages (I've actually read it previously). At this point its sort of pointless, it is normally referred to as 'Postgres' by people giving PG talks at conferences and such.