[mdlug] Meeting topic for tomorrow?

[Aaron Kulkis]

Raymond McLaughlin wrote:
> 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.

As I alluded above, it started in the 1980's, when the ONLY
mail transfer agent was the dreaded sendmail.


Tips for debugging problems in sendmail:
1) Before doing anything else, download the latest revision
....


> 
> 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.
> 

You mean I'll miss your witty banter?