On 9/22/25 21:06, Dan Mahoney (Gushi) wrote:
> Hey there folks,
>
> The manual contains a "Brief History" of postgres and notes that the
> name Postgres was retained as an official name after Postgres95 added
> official SQL support, and because 95 wouldn't stand the test of time.
>
> It makes mention of the original professor who spearheaded the project
> under a DARPA grant, but it would probably do well to know where the
> name came from.
>
> If there's somewhere where this should be suggested, let me know.
>
> (Wikipedia has some of this history -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
> Ingres_(database))
A more direct link is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingres_(database)
>
> -Dan
>
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Adrian Klaver
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