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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.

  3. 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.