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PostgreSQL is an enhancement of the POSTGRES database management system, a
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next-generation DBMS research prototype. While PostgreSQL retains the
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powerful data model and rich data types of POSTGRES, it replaces the
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PostQuel query language with an extended subset of SQL. PostgreSQL is free
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and the complete source is available.
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PostgreSQL development is being performed by a team of Internet developers
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who all subscribe to the PostgreSQL development mailing list. The current
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coordinator is Marc G. Fournier (scrappy@postgresql.org). This team is now
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responsible for all current and future development of PostgreSQL.
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The authors of Postgres95 1.01 were Andrew Yu and Jolly Chen. Many others
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have contributed to the porting, testing, debugging and enhancement of the
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code. The original Postgres code, from which PostgreSQL is derived, was the
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effort of many graduate students, undergraduate students, and staff
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programmers working under the direction of Professor Michael Stonebraker at
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the University of California, Berkeley.
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More information and documentation can be found at the PostgreSQL website,
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at http://www.PostgreSQL.org
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