Re: Main page: about us

From: Chris Mair <list(at)1006(dot)org>
To: Anastasios Hatzis <ahatzis(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Main page: about us
Date: 2006-08-01 08:47:18
Message-ID: 1154422038.3816.5.camel@dell.home.lan
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> > the product. Hoever, gres defies mental imagery, it is constructual,
> > like the id, ego, and superego, not rooted in the everyday experiences
> > of man, subject to horrendous definition and redefinition, and
> > unmeasurable. SQL, in
> Oops, 'gres' in PostgreSQL has a meaning? I can't find 'gres' in my
> dictionary. I ever thought it's just an abbreviation or insider thing. :-)

Well, Ingres stands for INteractive Graphics REtrieval System according
to Wikipedia. PostgreSQL inherited the letters from there...

Bye, Chris.

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