Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Dropping postgres as a whole.

Hello,

Am 27.09.2007 um 21:52 schrieb Ron Mayer:

> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>
>> Why don't we just stop this whole PostgreSQL->Postgres->Postgre
>> junk and
>> just say, PostgreSQL, also referred to as PG.
>
> "PS" be a better abbreviation based on the spelling "PostgreSQL".

Sorry, but PS stands for PostScript in the IT area and for Horsepower in Germany. And there are probably many more meanings in other languages too. You cannot create a new two letter acronym today any more and all the less if you want it to bused worldwide. There are only 26 by 26 = 676 possible combinations and most of them are certainly used up already. The VW abbrevation is also a logo not only two letters and are recognized as a sign. I am not sure whether this was actually your intention, but turning from PG to PS actually shows how unusable this direction is. Lets stick with Postgres which everybody seems to be fine with as a shorthand and dont stir up the documentation with altering between both forms.

Bye, Christian

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