[ale] Topic ideas for November meeting

[Jeff Hubbs]

FWIW, I did say "a lot like," not "the same as." <pedantry^3>


On 11/2/15 2:28 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>
>
> On 10/30/15 9:14 AM, Phil Turmel wrote:
> > Ah, so you *do* read minds!
> >
> > On 10/30/2015 09:12 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> >> So postgres use with libreoffice?
> >>
> >> :-)
> >>
> >> On October 30, 2015 9:09:28 AM EDT, Phil Turmel <philip at turmel.org> 
> wrote:
> >>
> >>      On 10/30/2015 07:46 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> >>
> >>          I want to hear ideas from people for the Ale central meeting.
> >>
> >>
> >>      I'll be missing this one due to a conflict with a Postgres 
> User group
> >>      special event.
> >>
> >>      So, please pick a topic I don't care about :-)
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