Product Name
The mixed-capitalization of the PostgreSQL name can confuse some people on first viewing. The several pronunciations of "SQL" can add to this confusion. PostgreSQL's developers pronounce it /ˈpoʊstɡrɛs ˌkjuː ˈɛl/; (Audio sample, 5.6k MP3). It is abbreviated as "Postgres", its original name. Because of ubiquitous support for the SQL Standard amongst most relational databases, the community considered changing the name back to Postgres. However, the PostgreSQL Core Team announced in 2007 that the product would continue to use the name PostgreSQL. The name refers to the project's origins as a "post-Ingres" database, being a development from University Ingres DBMS (Ingres being an abbreviation for INteractive Graphics REtrieval System).
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