Re: Main page: about us - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Chris Mair
Subject Re: Main page: about us
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Msg-id 1154422038.3816.5.camel@dell.home.lan
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In response to Re: Main page: about us  (Anastasios Hatzis <ahatzis@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Main page: about us  ("Leif B. Kristensen" <leif@solumslekt.org>)
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> >  the product.  Hoever, gres defies mental imagery, it is constructual,
> > like the id, ego, and superego, not rooted in the everyday experiences
> > of man, subject to horrendous definition and redefinition, and
> > unmeasurable.  SQL, in
> Oops, 'gres' in PostgreSQL has a meaning? I can't find 'gres' in my
> dictionary. I ever thought it's just an abbreviation or insider thing. :-)

Well, Ingres stands for INteractive Graphics REtrieval System according
to Wikipedia. PostgreSQL inherited the letters from there...

Bye, Chris.



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