[ale] Topic ideas for November meeting

[Jim Kinney]

On Mon, 2015-11-02 at 14:46 -0500, Phil Turmel wrote:
> I'll start being pedantic when PostgreSQL stops installing under user
> 'postgres' with group 'postgres' and database superuser 'postgres'
> with
> maintenance database name 'postgres'.  :-)
You _can_ change those. The db superuser is compiled in (I think) but
the others are setup in files at startup.
> 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."  :-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." 
> > 

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