[HACKERS] Re: [DOCS] Another try at the press release - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, David Friend wrote:

> I like this.  A few nitpicky comments below, but I think this third draft
> is an excellent improvement over the second draft that I wrote.

    Since its DocMaster(tm) approved, we'll go with this one... :)

> I won't have time to edit this again.  I would suggest that Marc do the
> final edit, or else use bibach's version as is.  (Has it been
> spell-checked?)  Thanks, Brandon.

    Ack...I wish you had given a suggestion on redoing that 'long'
sentence, but I've read through it several times and can't think of a good
way to cut it in half :(  Its going out as is...


>
> On Sat, 7 Jun 1997 bibach@execpc.com wrote:
>
> > Sorry, had to take my shot at it... :)
> > This is based on David's last posting.  I just reworded a lot of it,
> > added a few things I thought should be in there, and added a paragraph
> > about where PostgreSQL is headed.  Feel free to use whatever you like
> > from here, or ignore it altogether. :)
> >
> > -Brandon :)
> > --------
> > TORONTO, Ontario.  (June 8, 1997) -- The PostgreSQL Development Team
>
> Someone suggested removing the period after Ontario.  This sounds good to
> me.
>
> > is pleased to announce the release of PostgreSQL version 6.1.
> > PostgreSQL is a client/server Object-Relational DataBase Management
> > System (ORDBMS), and is available at no charge.
> >
> > Originating as a research project to explore object-orientation and
> > extensibility concepts in relational databases, the Postgres project
> > lasted for 8 years at the University of California, Berkeley.  The
> > project was officially terminated in 1992, but in late 1995, two
> > students at UCB, working with the last official release of Postgres,
> > trimmed the system down and cleaned it up, releasing it as Postgres95.
> > Renamed PostgreSQL, both to remove the date reference and to emphasize
> > the system's support for the SQL92 standard query language, it is now
> > being maintained by a talented team of volunteers.  The result is an
> > RDBMS that offers many of the most important features offered by major
> > commercial systems, most of which carry multi-thousand dollar price
> > tags.
> >
> > Because of its unique object-oriented features, extensibility, and
> > source code accessibility, PostgreSQL has become quite popular in
> > the scientific community.  It has also gained fairly wide use as a
> > database server for Web-based applications (a number of web tools now
> > offer PostgreSQL interfaces).  With the release of version 6.0,
> > PostgreSQL offered increased reliability and better support of the
> > ANSI/ISO SQL92 standard.  Version 6.1 adds major improvements in
> > execution speed, reliability and platform support.
> >
> > While PostgreSQL is not yet fully ANSI-compliant, it does support
> > several features not found in ANSI SQL, such as inheritance.  It also
> > supports declarative queries in SQL, query optimization, concurrency
> > control, transactions, multi-user support and a number of security
> > features.  Extensibility features include user defined operators,
> > types, functions and access methods.  Application programmer
> > interfaces (APIs) exist for C, C++, Java, Perl4, Perl5, Python, SQL
> > and Tcl.  ODBC and JDBC drivers are available from commercial sources
> > and free versions are under development.  The system supports at least
> > 15 different Unix platforms, including Linux, Solaris, Digital Unix,
> > and BSD variants.
> >
> > The future also looks bright for PostgreSQL as it continues its
> > transition from research system to commercially-viable production
>            from a research system to a commercially
>
> > database system.  While some of the more esoteric features that
> > Postgres supported as a research system are being replaced with many
> > of the same features found in modern commercial systems, PostgreSQL
> > will continue to offer its unique, extensible, object-oriented
> > architecture.
>
> This last sentence is too long and hard to follow.  I think this should be
> broken into two sentences.
>
> >
> > PostgreSQL should be a serious consideration of anyone requiring a
> > database server for their Unix system, whether for scientific data
> > storage and analysis, administrative tasks, web-based applications, or
> > any custom database application.  A feature list, the software and
> > additional information may be found on the world wide web at
> > http://www.postgresql.org/..
> >
>
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Marc G. Fournier
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