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If PostgreSQL changed their name, perhaps they'd be more popular. It wouldn't stop me if it were the technically best choice, but I'd certainly cringe to have t

If PostgreSQL changed their name, perhaps they'd be more popular. It wouldn't stop me if it were the technically best choice, but I'd certainly cringe to have to recommend "post grehs queue ell -- no hold on let me spell it for you..." to a manager who wasn't already familiar with it. I don't understand how this escapes people who obviously want other people to use their software. MySQL sounds too Fisher-Price, but is passable at least. Now "Oracle": that sounds awesomely powerful. And "DB2" sounds awesomely IBMish.

hvs 16y ago
This is totally off-topic, but I've always loved IBM's naming conventions: OS/360, z/OS, OS/2, DB2, etc. It just has this feeling of "Are systems are built out of titanium and iron." The reality is obviously different, but it is definitely a naming style from a different generation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IBM_products http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IBM_products