David E. Wheeler írta: > On Jan 23, 2010, at 3:25 AM, Greg Stark wrote: > > >> Actually the original promounciation was mee-ess-cue-ell, "My" is >> monty's daughter's name and is pronounced like that. People generally >> pronounced it "my" though so they just made that the official >> pronounciation -- but they still don't approve of "my-sequel". >> > > We could go with "PrySQL," as in you can pry it from my cold dead fingers. Or > if you're Finnish, you can think of it as coming before SQL. > > Or maybe "TrySQL", to encourage you to try it and because you can make tress > out of it. It's greener, too. > > Or perhaps OMGWTFSQL. No, wait, sorry, that's what I say when I'm working > with MySQL. > > How about "PugSQL"? It's kind of butch, keeps the "pg" part, and we could > have a dog logo. >
IIRC, Pug is a little leprechaun in Shakespeare's Midsummer night's dream. Another logo change opportunity. :-) > Or maybe we can determine that geeks are completely useless at branding and > not touch this issue with a 10m pole. > > So, 10mPoleSQL it is. Or maybe KillThisFuckingThreadSQL. Rather suggestive, > don't you think? > > Best, > > David > -- Bible has answers for everything. Proof: "But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." (Matthew 5:37) - basics of digital technology. "May your kingdom come" - superficial description of plate tectonics ---------------------------------- Zoltán Böszörményi Cybertec Schönig & Schönig GmbH http://www.postgresql.at/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers