Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: Re: First Major Open Source Database]

> Thus spake Lamar Owen
> > [Ok, I've been in touch with the author of the 'First Major Open Source
> > Database' article.  Here's what he wants to do.  Let me know what you
> > think, and correct any misinformation I may have fed him.]
> >  [...]
> > - University Ingres, developed starting in 1977, qualifies for the 
> > 'First Major Open Source Database' honor. Ingres is the direct 
> > ancestor of PostgreSQL.
> 
> Not that it is so important but I think that Postgres was a different
> project by the same person (Dr. Micheal Stonebraker) so it is probably
> more accurate to call them siblings.

I am told _no_ Ingres code went into Postgres.  It was a complete
rewrite.


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