Re: FWD: [ADMIN] pg_dump error - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Christopher Browne
Subject Re: FWD: [ADMIN] pg_dump error
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In response to FWD: [ADMIN] pg_dump error  ("Guido Barosio" <gbarosio@gmail.com>)
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Quoth gbarosio@gmail.com ("Guido Barosio"):
> Where does the "postgress" word comes from? I get mad when I read the double ss.
> Progress Software ?! It's not that famous  / big / popular.

"Postgres" was a successor project to "University Ingres."

So s/In/Post/g is the source.

There isn't any material amount of common code between the two
database projects, but they were started by the same professor...
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