Re: [GENERAL] Postgres vs commercial products - Mailing list pgsql-general

From The Hermit Hacker
Subject Re: [GENERAL] Postgres vs commercial products
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Msg-id Pine.BSF.3.96.980729092411.11716G-100000@hub.org
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] Postgres vs commercial products  (Andrew Martin <martin@biochemistry.ucl.ac.uk>)
List pgsql-general
On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Andrew Martin wrote:

> Scrappy wrote...:
> > On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > > > On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Brett W. McCoy wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Amos Hayes wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > easier.
> > > > >
> > > > > Actually, I think Postgres originally came out of the Ingres family,
> > > >
> > > >     Other way around, actually...Ingres is a branch off the original
> > > > Postgres source code...
> > >
> > > University Ingres was first, then commercial Ingres was a split-off.
> > > PostgreSQL is based on University Ingres.
> >
> >     I stand corrected...I didn't even *know* there was a University
> > Ingres :(
> >
>
> Scary that all these people don't know the correct history!!!!

Thank you...I've added 'The History' to the main page when you go to the
web page :)



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