[mdlug] Meeting topic for tomorrow?

[Aaron Kulkis]

gib at juno.com wrote:
>  
> I would like to here an introduction rather than a upgrade
> discussion too.  This would fit into a more general topic
> of why you would want to use this type of software.  Which
> would fit into a topic that shows off open source. 

Postgres has roots in the 1980's Berkeley releases (not just
the BSD distros... i'm talking about BSD 4.1-4.4, which was
actually a project of the UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science (EECS) department, funded by DARPA.

As implied by the name, Postgres is inspired by the 1960's/70's
database system called INGRES.

> 
> -- Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00 at gmail.com> wrote:
> David Lee Lambert wrote:
>> Is there a topic for tomorrow's meeting?
>>
>> I might be able to give a short (20 to 40 min.) presentation on "new features in Postgres 8.3 and 8.4".  Any interest in that?
>>
> 
> I doubt that the differences between postgres 8.3 and 8.4 will
> be of interest to many members -- because few members who attend
> the meetings are familiar with postgres in the first place.
> 
> On the other hand...and INTRODUCTION TO POSTGRES would be great:
> I'm sure that from just speaking off-the cuff, you could go on for
> as long as 2+ hours.
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