Thanks, I was going on some bad memory (my brain) :)
I guess that shows I haven't messed with databases much. :)
Joseph
On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Bryan-TheBS-Smith wrote:
> Joseph Burnsworth wrote:
> > Isn't postgres for VPN?
>
> Er, no. It's a fully ACID, mostly SQL92-compliant, multiuser
> database.
>
> http://www.postgresql.org
>
> The history of PostgreSQL is long, developed at UCB and other
> educational institutions based on the BSD license. It has roots in
> Ingres, which Computer Associates' products is based on. Late '80s
> relational designs included commercial offsprings such as Oracle and
> Informix (or Sybase?) if I remember correctly. A resurgence of
> interest in Postgres in the early '90s led to the release of
> Postgres95 and eventually a refocus to an ANSI SQL92 query approach
> that has led to today's PostgreSQL.
>
> Great Bridge was formed in May 2000 to provide commercial support
> for the database. Unfortunately, they recently closed their doors,
> unable to land major contracts. Fortunately, just months earlier,
> RedHat decided to release its own database product which is based on
> PostgreSQL, so commercial support is still available for those
> company's interested. And OSS development of PostgreSQL under the
> BSD license is not going to die of anytime soon.
>
> -- TheBS
>
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