Re: Progress, anything in common with PostgreSQl besides - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Matthew G. Gilarde
Subject Re: Progress, anything in common with PostgreSQl besides
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In response to Progress, anything in common with PostgreSQl besides clever name?  ("Ian Harding" <ianh@tpchd.org>)
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Ian Harding wrote:
>
> I have just talked to a salesman who is pitching a Progress based
> accounting package.  I did a quick look at the marketing propaganda
> on their website, and a search of postgresql.org and can't find
> where they talk about each other.  I see in Bruce's book mention
> of Ingres, but not Progress.
>
> Is their clever name (or unfortunate name, if you are searching
> the web for information) just a coincidence, or is there a
> connection?

There is no connection between Progress and Postgres, although
posters on comp.databases.progress often get them confused.

- Matt Gilarde (former Progress Software employee)

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