[mdlug] Meeting topic for tomorrow?

[Raymond McLaughlin]

Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> 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.

Postgres is a data base? From the *Post* part of it's name I surmised
that it was some sort of mail transfer agent.

I'm hoping I can make the meeting tomorrow, but my condo association is
having a big annual meeting tomorrow at 11:00 AM. (Major road work will
be redrawing property lines.) I'll try to make it to MDLUG, late if
necessary.

Ray