Re: [GENERAL] Postgres vs commercial products

On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Amos Hayes wrote:

> I almost hate to ask, and really, it's not a big deal to me personally,
> but why is it called "PostgreSQL"?

Originally it was just Postgres, and didn't support any SQL.  When it was
redesigned with SQL support, that's when the SQL postfix came about.
Actually, it was known as Postgres95 originally to differentiate it from
the original Postgres, but as it moved towards SQL compliancy, the SQL
postfix becamse the norm.  The full story is in the PostgreSQL
documentation.

Brett W. McCoy
                                         http://www.lan2wan.com/~bmccoy
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