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Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Release notes introductory text
From: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: PostgreSQL advocacy <pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org>
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On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 16:04 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> 	This release represents a major leap forward by adding significant new
> 	functionality and performance enhancements to
> 	<productname>PostgreSQL</>. Many complex ideas that normally take years
> 	to implement were added rapidly to this release by our development team.
> 	This release starts <productname>PostgreSQL</> on a trajectory moving
> 	beyond feature-parity with other database systems to a time when
> 	<productname>PostgreSQL</> will be a technology leader in the database
> 	field. Major new capabilities in this release include:

Well said.

PostgreSQL is already well beyond the open source pack and I can point
to many features that exist in commercial databases that have their
origin in our code base. PostgreSQL has long been a focal point for
Computer Science research and we should shout about it.

-- 
  Simon Riggs
  2ndQuadrant  http://www.2ndQuadrant.com