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PostgreSQL 7.4 Released

Posted by michael on from the vacation's-over dept.

Christopher Kings-Lynne writes "PostgreSQL 7.4 has just been released. The list of new features is impressive and includes greatly improved OLAP performance among many other speed improvements."

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  1. Re:This could be good... by grub · · Score: 4, Funny


    This is also why Microsoft WANTS there to be an enemy

    Umm.. In the enterprise db market there is a little company called Oracle...

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    Trolling is a art,
  2. postgres isn't used in the enterprise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    because no one can effectively pronounce it.

    Is it pronounced "Post Grays"?

    "Post Grez?"

    "Post Gress?"

    "Post Gray?"

    "Post Gruh?"

    I've also heard people refer to it as "progress"...

    Seriously, though, as an IT manager, you can't 'sell' the concept of using an OS RDBMS that you can't even pronounce. People use MySQL because its pronounceable. My Sequel. Simple. Yellow. Different.

    Those guys over @ Postgreays need to figure out a better friggin name for their RDBMS if they expect it to be used in the enterprise.

    1. Re:postgres isn't used in the enterprise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny


      Wrong, wrong, wrong.

      In the 40's I was working at Sybase developing an RDBMS for the (then) state of the art Eniac. It was a bit slow to program and the tubes always burnt my fingers. We called it Ess Que Ell back them.

      The 60's were a tumultuous time, what with the hippies and the drugs and the rock and/or roll.. anyhow, when we first got Sybase working on those transistorized computational devices we called it "Ess Que Ell"

      Microsoft started calling it "Sequel" as their first database "Primary" was a dismal flop.

      Now You Know.

  3. Re:Windows by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I ask because we are FORCED to use Windows boxes at work, and they gave all of the developers 2. We can't reformat and put linux on (or do a dual-boot) because they check to make sure everything is status-quo. And right now the atmosphere around here is not the greatest, so I'd rather not risk anything with the PHB's by trying to trick them.

    Get a new job. Seriously.

  4. Re:history of postgresql by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Yeah, but Oracle manuals are heavier!

    and besides, development in Oracle is so slow, I can still use my Oracle 5 for DOS manuals while coding Oracle 9 for Linux!

  5. Re:Did anyone notice today that.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    these are features in addition to mysql's feature set!

    Wait - MySQL has a feature set?

    I thought that it's lack of features was what made it better than everything else.

    damn.. now I'm all confused.