[ale] Topic ideas for November meeting

[Phil Turmel]

I'll start being pedantic when PostgreSQL stops installing under user
'postgres' with group 'postgres' and database superuser 'postgres' with
maintenance database name 'postgres'.  :-)

On 11/02/2015 02:28 PM, Scott Plante wrote:
> That's not really accurate. MS bought the Sybase code and forked it into
> MS SQL Server, but both databases continued. Sybase continued as
> "Sybase" for years after the fork, and still exists as a separate
> database called SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise. The difference is that
> Postgres got a SQL front end and was renamed Postgres95, and then
> PostgreSQL to reflect the change, but it was one project continuing on a
> direct path. I'd say it's more like calling "Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
> just "Red Hat." </extra-pedantic> :-P
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From: *"Jeff Hubbs" <jhubbslist at att.net>
> *To: *ale at ale.org
> *Sent: *Friday, October 30, 2015 10:00:07 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [ale] Topic ideas for November meeting
> 
> Just remember that saying "Postgres" when you mean "PostgreSQL" is a lot
> like referring to "Microsoft SQL Server" as "Sybase." </pedantry>