MySQL vs MySequal, nitpicking? Yes but it bugs me
I mentioned this in my post about recruitment consultants and how I once recieved a email from them once asking for
Must know Java, EBJ, Oracle,XML and seequal
I put this down to the consultant writing something down the way client said it. since then I have spoken to a few people who have mentioned to me that they also pronounce it “MySequal” or when they here rookies to the development business they where asked by a boss to do some sequal and which resulted in them wondering what the boss was asking. One person even told me “It is sequal thats how you pronounce it” they where quite adament they where right.
However today I was on the MySQL website and I found the following:
The official way to pronounce “MySQL” is “My Ess Que Ell” (not “my sequel”), but we do not mind if you pronounce it as “my sequel” or in some other localized way source
So Ha I was right! ok it seems the other way is acceptable but its not right… and as a man of science I believe that being right is without a doubt better than being close enough.
I couldnt find a picture of a lolcat saying something funny about this.. suprisingly I may have to make one if I can think of something funny to write about this.
More Interesting technical blogs are comming. I am playing with Ruby on Rails right now and as of yet I think its good but I dont know enough to make a tutorial on any better than some of the thousands that are about.
If you want a good tutorial read my EJB3 and Jboss Seam Hello world tutorial its very good.
ANSI standard says it’s pronounced like you say:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL#Standardization
This used to bug me too. “My Sequel” is the worst as that’s messing with a product name. I think it was originally called SEQUEL but there was a trademark issue so it was renamed SQL…before we were born.
Ive only ever heard it being called S Q L by inventor lovers!!
This pisses me off royally. You can probably blame Microsoft for calling SQLServer “Sequel Server”. This phrasing has now leached into the collective unconcious and causes irratation in every corner of the globe.
It’s a real mess with this and it pisses my off big time as well.
Especially since I’m pretty sure that the developers them selfes point it out the way they do means actually the do mind, but they also get paid by half educated managers somehow and those will tell them: “My money tells you how it is!”.