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A small bit of history from Tom Lane one of the biggest contributors to the project "Arguably, the 1996 decision to call it PostgreSQL instead of reverting to p

A small bit of history from Tom Lane one of the biggest contributors to the project "Arguably, the 1996 decision to call it PostgreSQL instead of reverting to plain Postgres was the single worst mistake this project ever made." - https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/2693.1152762174@sss.pgh.pa.us https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/2693.1152762174@sss.pg...

phaed 10y ago
> It seems too late to change it now That's what they said in 1996. Then they said it again in 2006. In 2026 when its interwoven in all sorts of AI systems and still causing confusion, they will be looking back thinking why didn't they fix it back in 2017 when they still could. "Now" is always the right time, it's never too late.
- rabidrat 10y ago
  “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb
- cpeterso 10y ago
  And the name "Postgres" was an extension of "Ingres": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingres_(database) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingres_(database)